Nonstop flight route between Mutare, Zimbabwe and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mutare Airport (UTA), Mutare, Zimbabwe and Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,006 miles (or 16,104 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 Mutare Airport and Tucson 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 Mutare Airport and Tucson 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 Mutare Airport (UTA):

• The closest airport to Mutare Airport (UTA) is Chimoio Airport (VPY), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) ESE of UTA.
• Mutare Airport (UTA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mutare Airport (UTA) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,934 miles (19,206 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Tucson International Airport (TUS):

• Tucson International Airport (TUS) has 3 runways.
• Airlines usually use Runway 11L.
• The furthest airport from Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,528 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Tucson International Airport hosts Tucson Air National Guard Base, a 92-acre complex on the northwest corner of the airport that is home to the 162d Fighter Wing, an Air Education and Training Command -gained unit of the Arizona Air National Guard.
• Tucson International Airport handled 1,779,679 passengers last year.
• The wing also hosts the Air National Guard / Air Force Reserve Command Command Test Center as a tenant unit, which conducts operational testing on behalf of the Air Reserve Component.
• In 1948 the Tucson Airport Authority was created as a non-profit corporation to operate the airport and oversee policy decisions.
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,779,679 enplanements in 2011, a decrease from 1,844,228 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of TUS.
• A Concourse Renovation Project was finished in 2005 – the last phase of a remodeling begun in 2000 that added 82,000 sq ft to ticketing and baggage claim designed by HNTB.
• Tucson International is operated on a long-term lease by the Tucson Airport Authority, which also operates Ryan Airfield, a general aviation airport.