Nonstop flight route between Redmond, Oregon, United States and Harare, Zimbabwe:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts Field (RDM), Redmond, Oregon, United States and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,010 miles (or 16,109 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 Roberts Field and Harare 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 Roberts Field and Harare 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 Roberts Field (RDM):

• In early 2013 American Airlines announced it was restarting the flight to Los Angeles formerly operated by Alaska Airlines.
• Roberts Field is in Deschutes County, Oregon a mile southeast of Redmond, which owns it.
• The furthest airport from Roberts Field (RDM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,951 miles (17,623 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Passenger boardings increased in the first half of 2010.
• A passenger terminal was built in 1950 and replaced in 1981 by a 6,000-square-foot terminal.
• Roberts Field (RDM) has 2 runways.
• Horizon announced cuts to Seattle and Portland service in 2009, as it continues to phase out its smaller airliners in favor of fewer, larger flights on Q400's.
• The closest airport to Roberts Field (RDM) is Prineville Airport (PRZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) E of RDM.
• In addition to being known as "Roberts Field", other names for RDM include "Redmond Municipal Airport" and "(former Redmond Army Airfield)".
• In October 2009 most sections of the expanded passenger terminal opened for public use.

Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):

• The furthest airport from Harare International Airport (HRE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Harare International Airport (meaning Harare International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
• The runway is used by both the civilian airport and the Air Force of Zimbabwe whose base is on the southern side of the runway.
• A site therefore had to be found for the construction of an airport that would be safer and more suitable for commercial activities.
• Because of Harare International Airport's high elevation of 4,887 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
• Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
• Originally, it was anticipated that the airport would be completed by 1954.
• Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.