Nonstop flight route between Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Burbank, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,726 miles (or 9,215 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and Bob Hope 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and Bob Hope Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOD / LFBD |
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Location: | Bordeaux / Mérignac, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'41"N by 0°42'56"W |
Area Served: | Bordeaux, France |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOD |
More Information: | BOD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BUR / KBUR |
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Location: | Burbank, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°12'2"N by 118°21'30"W |
Area Served: | Los Angeles Area |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 778 feet (237 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BUR |
More Information: | BUR Maps & Info |
Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
- The furthest airport from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (meaning Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,215 miles (19,658 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BOD.
- General Charles de Gaulle took off from the airport to travel to London in 1940, and the following day he broadcast the Appeal of 18 June.
- Because of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Bordeaux-Mérignac 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.
- On 1 October 1958, Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base was closed to reduce USAFE expenses and manpower.
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):
- Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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 Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.
- In the late 1960s Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-100s flew nonstop to Las Vegas.
- It took BA&T a year and the cooperation of the city to assemble the site.
- Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
- The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In 1967 Lockheed renamed the facility Hollywood-Burbank Airport.