Nonstop flight route between Sumbawanga, Tanzania and Salem, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sumbawanga Airport (SUT), Sumbawanga, Tanzania and Salem Airport (SXV), Salem, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,471 miles (or 5,585 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 Sumbawanga Airport and Salem 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 Sumbawanga Airport and Salem Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SUT / HTSU | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Sumbawanga, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°56'56"S by 31°36'37"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5920 feet (1,804 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SUT | 
| More Information: | SUT Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SXV / VOSM | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Salem, India | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°46'54"N by 78°3'51"E | 
| Area Served: | Salem District | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of India | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1008 feet (307 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SXV | 
| More Information: | SXV Maps & Info | 
Facts about Sumbawanga Airport (SUT):
- The furthest airport from Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,695 miles (18,822 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Because of Sumbawanga Airport's high elevation of 5,920 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SUT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SUT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Sumbawanga Airport", another name for SUT is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Sumbawanga (Swahili)".
- The closest airport to Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SSW of SUT.
- Sumbawanga Airport handled 806 passengers last year.
Facts about Salem Airport (SXV):
- Salem Airport (SXV) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Salem Airport", other names for SXV include "சேலம் விமான நிலையம்" and "Salem Airport".
- The furthest airport from Salem Airport (SXV) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,317 miles (18,213 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Salem Airport has one runway, oriented 040/220 degrees, 6000 feet long.
- The closest airport to Salem Airport (SXV) is Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ), which is located 83 miles (133 kilometers) SSE of SXV.
- After a 3 year wait and prolonged negotiations, Kingfisher airlines commenced daily flights to Chennai using its ATR aircraft on 15 November 2009.




