Nonstop flight route between Benin City, Nigeria and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Benin Airport (BNI), Benin City, Nigeria and Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM), Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,963 miles (or 7,987 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 Benin Airport and Greater Moncton 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 Benin Airport and Greater Moncton 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 Benin Airport (BNI):

• Benin Airport handled 308,741 passengers last year.
• Because of Benin Airport's relatively low elevation of 258 feet, planes can take off or land at Benin 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.
• The closest airport to Benin Airport (BNI) is Akure Airport (AKR), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) NNW of BNI.
• Benin Airport (BNI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Benin Airport (BNI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Benin Airport (meaning Benin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,129 miles (19,520 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM):

• The furthest airport from Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Greater Moncton International Airport handled 615,085 passengers last year.
• The GMIA handled 647,682 passengers in 2013.
• Also, in June 2010 Porter Airlines began a service to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier.
• In March 1940, the Department of National Defence opened a flight training school under the auspices of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
• Greater Moncton International Airport or Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport is located in the city of Dieppe 4 nautical miles east northeast of downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) has 2 runways.
• On January 11, 1928, the first scheduled air flight out of the Greater Moncton area took place.
• The closest airport to Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Summerside Airport (YSU), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) ENE of YQM.
• In addition to being known as "Greater Moncton International Airport", another name for YQM is "Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport".
• Because of Greater Moncton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 232 feet, planes can take off or land at Greater Moncton 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.