Nonstop flight route between Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Harare, Zimbabwe:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vung Tau Airport (VTG), Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,538 miles (or 8,913 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 Vung Tau Airport 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 Vung Tau Airport and Harare International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VTG / VVVT |
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| Location: | Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam |
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°22'13"N by 107°5'35"E |
| Area Served: | Vung Tau, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, Vietnam |
| Operator/Owner: | Southern Service Flight Company |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VTG |
| More Information: | VTG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRE / FVHA |
| Airport Name: | Harare International Airport |
| Location: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°55'54"S by 31°5'34"E |
| Area Served: | Harare |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe |
| Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
| Elevation: | 4887 feet (1,490 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HRE |
| More Information: | HRE Maps & Info |
Facts about Vung Tau Airport (VTG):
- During the Vietnam War, the airport was used as an airbase of the United States Army, the South Vietnamese Air force and the United States Navy and the Air Force.
- The furthest airport from Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Vung Tau Airport (meaning Vung Tau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,258 miles (19,728 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
- The closest airport to Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport (SGN), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NW of VTG.
- Vung Tau Airport (VTG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Vung Tau Airport", another name for VTG is "Sân bay Vũng Tàu".
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- 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.
- Because of a decline in tourism numbers, due to internal political conflicts since 2000, few major airlines now use the airport.
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of 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.
