Nonstop flight route between Piura, Peru and Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), Piura, Peru and Goma Airport (GOM), Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,573 miles (or 12,187 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Goma 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Goma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU):

• Because of Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport's relatively low elevation of 174 feet, planes can take off or land at Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International 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.
• The closest airport to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of PIU.
• The furthest airport from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Penang International Airport (PEN), which is nearly antipodal to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (meaning Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Penang International Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Penang, Malaysia.
• Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Goma Airport (GOM):

• On 15 April 2008, a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 overshot the runway during an aborted takeoff and crashed into the marketplace immediately to the south of the airport, killing over 40 people.
• Goma Airport (GOM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Initially built with a paved 3 km runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2002 eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo, 14 km to the north.
• The closest airport to Goma Airport (GOM) is Gisenyi Airport (GYI), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of GOM.
• On 19 November 2009, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Flight 3711, operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-82 9Q-CAB overran the runway on landing, suffering substantial damage.
• Because of Goma Airport's high elevation of 5,089 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Goma Airport (GOM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,981 miles (19,282 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.