Nonstop flight route between Banjul, Gambia and Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Banjul International Airport (BJL), Banjul, Gambia and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,241 miles (or 6,825 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 Banjul International Airport and Pittsburgh 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 Banjul International Airport and Pittsburgh 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: | BJL / GBYD |
Airport Name: | Banjul International Airport |
Location: | Banjul, Gambia |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°20'16"N by 16°39'7"W |
Area Served: | Banjul |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BJL |
More Information: | BJL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIT / KPIT |
Airport Name: | Pittsburgh International Airport |
Location: | Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°29'29"N by 80°13'58"W |
Area Served: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Allegheny County |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1204 feet (367 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIT |
More Information: | PIT Maps & Info |
Facts about Banjul International Airport (BJL):
- The closest airport to Banjul International Airport (BJL) is Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of BJL.
- In the event of an emergency on any of the NASA Space Shuttles, Banjul International Airport had been selected as an augmented landing site.
- The furthest airport from Banjul International Airport (BJL) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Banjul International Airport (meaning Banjul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,657 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
- Banjul International Airport (BJL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Banjul International Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Banjul 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.
Facts about Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT):
- On October 1, 1992 the new complex opened and all operations transferred over from the old terminal overnight.
- The closest airport to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Forbes Field (FOE), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of PIT.
- Circa 1940 the Works Progress Administration decided the Pittsburgh area needed a military airport to defend the industrial wealth of the area and to provide a training base and stop-over facility.
- Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has 4 runways.
- From the 1960s to about 1985, Trans World Airlines had a hub at Pittsburgh.
- The landside terminal is the building closer to the parking areas and the entry point for passengers whose flights originate from Pittsburgh.
- The airport complex consists of two main buildings, the "Landside Terminal" and the "Airside Terminal." They are linked by the Pittsburgh airport underground people mover after the security checkpoint.
- The airport has 75 gates on four Concourses, however only 62 gates are currently available for use.
- Until the beginning of World War II Moon Township, Pennsylvania was mostly a rural agricultural area.
- Pittsburgh International Airport, formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a civil–military international airport in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Findlay Township and Moon Township, about 20 miles west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 53 of I-376 and the north end of PA Turnpike 576.
- In October 2007, US Airways announced that it had selected Pittsburgh as the site of its new 60,000 sq ft flight operations center, which serves as the nerve center of the airline's 1,400 daily mainline flights.
- After passing through the security checkpoint, passengers board one of two underground people movers that travel to the Airside Terminal, where all departure gates are located.
- The furthest airport from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.