Nonstop flight route between Oroville, California, United States and Maun, Botswana:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE), Oroville, California, United States and Maun Airport (MUB), Maun, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,968 miles (or 16,042 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 Oroville Municipal Airport and Maun 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 Oroville Municipal Airport and Maun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OVE / KOVE |
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Location: | Oroville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°29'16"N by 121°37'19"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Oroville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from OVE |
More Information: | OVE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUB / FBMN |
Airport Name: | Maun Airport |
Location: | Maun, Botswana |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°58'21"S by 23°25'51"E |
Area Served: | Maun |
Operator/Owner: | Botswana Department of Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3093 feet (943 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MUB |
More Information: | MUB Maps & Info |
Facts about Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE):
- In 1942, the War Department leased the Oroville Municipal Airport and renamed it Oroville Army Air Field.
- The furthest airport from Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,238 miles (18,086 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1936, the City of Oroville acquired 188 acres of grazing land for use as a municipal airport.
- In 1945 Oroville AAF was listed as “temporarily inactive” under assignment to Air Technical Service Command and was later classified as surplus.
- Because of Oroville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Oroville Municipal Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Layout plans of the former Oroville AAF dated 1944 indicate a Bomb Storage Area west of the two runways and a skeet range between the southern extents of the runways.
- In addition to being known as "Oroville Municipal Airport", another name for OVE is "Oroville Army Airfield".
- Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) is Chico Municipal Airport (CIC), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NNW of OVE.
Facts about Maun Airport (MUB):
- The earliest known flights over the Okavango region took place in July 1925, and were part of a survey of the rivers of the Okavango region, using aircraft based in Livingstone.
- The closest airport to Maun Airport (MUB) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is located 165 miles (266 kilometers) SW of MUB.
- Maun Airport (MUB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Maun Airport (MUB) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Maun Airport (meaning Maun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- The airport has gone under recent expansion.