Nonstop flight route between Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Harare, Zimbabwe:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,062 miles (or 8,147 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG):

• The closest airport to Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) N of TKG.
• Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)", another name for TKG is "Bandar Udara Radin Inten II (RIA II)".
• Because of Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)'s relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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 furthest airport from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Mariquita Airport (MQU), which is nearly antipodal to Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (meaning Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mariquita Airport), and is located 12,432 miles (20,007 kilometers) away in Mariquita, Tolima Department, Colombia.

Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):

• 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.
• Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
• Later the same year, an Airfield Construction Unit was formed to undertake an extensive search for a suitable site for a national airport.
• Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
• 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.
• The new Salisbury Airport was finally commissioned on 1 July 1956.
• A site therefore had to be found for the construction of an airport that would be safer and more suitable for commercial activities.
• The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.