Nonstop flight route between Yibin, Sichuan, China and Kigali, Rwanda:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yibin Caiba Airport (YBP), Yibin, Sichuan, China and Kigali International Airport (KGL), Kigali, Rwanda would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,345 miles (or 8,602 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 Yibin Caiba Airport and Kigali 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 Yibin Caiba Airport and Kigali 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: | YBP / ZUYB |
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Location: | Yibin, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°48'1"N by 104°32'39"E |
Area Served: | Yibin, Sichuan, China |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation of Yibin |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
View all routes: | Routes from YBP |
More Information: | YBP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KGL / HRYR |
Airport Name: | Kigali International Airport |
Location: | Kigali, Rwanda |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°57'59"S by 30°7'59"E |
Area Served: | Kigali |
Operator/Owner: | Rwanda Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Civil aviation airport |
Elevation: | 4891 feet (1,491 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KGL |
More Information: | KGL Maps & Info |
Facts about Yibin Caiba Airport (YBP):
- The closest airport to Yibin Caiba Airport (YBP) is Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) E of YBP.
- In addition to being known as "Yibin Caiba Airport", other names for YBP include "宜宾菜坝机场" and "Yibīn Càibà Jīchǎng".
- Yibin Caiba Airport handled 326,000 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Yibin Caiba Airport (YBP) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Yibin Caiba Airport (meaning Yibin Caiba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,169 miles (19,584 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
Facts about Kigali International Airport (KGL):
- The furthest airport from Kigali International Airport (KGL) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,920 miles (19,183 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- In 2004, the airport served 135,189 passengers.
- The airport is located in the suburb of Kanombe, at the eastern edge of Kigali, approximately 14 kilometres, by road, east of the central business district of the city of Kigali.
- Kigali International Airport (KGL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kigali International Airport (KGL) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) S of KGL.
- There are three terminals at Kigali.
- There are 3 others airlines, which have a base at Kigali.
- Because of Kigali International Airport's high elevation of 4,891 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KGL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KGL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Rwandair has its head office on the top floor of the airport's main building.