Nonstop flight route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Gaborone, Botswana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE), Gaborone, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,020 miles (or 14,517 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Will Rogers World Airport and Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Will Rogers World Airport and Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Will Rogers World Airport (OKC):

• The project will be divided into 12 sequences allowing the airport to keep as much of the garage open as possible.
• Lariat Landing is a new development on the east side of the airport grounds that encompasses 1,000 acres.
• Will Rogers World Airport handled 3,683,051 passengers last year.
• The December 1951 C&GS chart shows 5497-ft runway 3, 3801-ft runway 8, 5652-ft runway 12 and 5100-ft runway 17.
• The furthest airport from Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,853 miles (17,466 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Various FAR Part 135 Operators operate in and out of the airport, such as small cargo feeder airlines operating small propeller aircraft.
• In 2012 over 3.68 million passengers passed through Will Rogers World Airport, up 3.4% over 2011.
• In 2008, Will Rogers World Airport officials approved a contract with Frankfurt Short Bruza Associates to begin planning for expansion.
• On May 31, 2013, an EF-1 tornado hit Will Rogers Airport.
• The closest airport to Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Wiley Post Airport (PWA), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of OKC.
• By the late 1990s the Oklahoma City Airport Trust deemed the 1967-built terminal building unsuitable.
• Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) has 4 runways.

Facts about Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE):

• On October 11, 1999, an Air Botswana pilot, Captain Chris Phatswe, commandeered a parked Aérospatiale ATR 42 aircraft A2-ABB without authorization in the early morning and took off.
• The closest airport to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SSW of GBE.
• Construction on the airport expansion
• Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air Botswana plane at Khama Airport 2011
• The furthest airport from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (meaning Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,149 miles (19,552 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.