Nonstop flight route between Warsaw, Poland and Cap-Haïtien, Haiti:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), Warsaw, Poland and Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP), Cap-Haïtien, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,280 miles (or 8,497 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 Warsaw Chopin Airport and Hugo Chávez 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 Warsaw Chopin Airport and Hugo Chávez 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 Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW):

• The south hall contains the check-in areas A and B, currently closed due to reconstruction, was built in 1992 with a capacity for 3.5 million passengers per year to replace the ageing complex from the communist era.
• The airport has two intersecting runways, whose configuration and available taxiways under current rules permit 34 passenger operations per hour.
• By 2015, the south hall will have been redesigned, reconstructed and fully integrated into the 'Terminal A' complex.
• Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) has 2 runways.
• After the war, LOT Polish Airlines resumed operations at Okęcie using what was left of the pre-war infrastructure.
• The closest airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of WAW.
• As air traffic and the number of aircraftmovements grew greatly year on year, the authorities identified the need to develop a new system for air traffic navigation and control.
• The furthest airport from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Warsaw Chopin Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Warsaw Chopin Airport 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.
• Warsaw Chopin Airport handled 10,683,706 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Warsaw Chopin Airport", another name for WAW is "Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie".

Facts about Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP):

• The closest airport to Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) S of CAP.
• The furthest airport from Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,996 miles (19,306 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 10 ft above mean sea level.
• Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 18 April 2013 a spokesman for Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced that the airport will be renamed to "Hugo Chávez International Airport" in honour of the late Venezuelan President, a day before Haitian President Michel Martelly was scheduled to attend Nicolas Maduro's inauguration ceremony in Caracas.
• Hugo Chávez International Airport is an airport serving Cap-Haïtien, a city in the Nord department in Haiti.
• Because of Hugo Chávez International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Hugo Chávez International Airport 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.