Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Salta, Salta Province, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA), Salta, Salta Province, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,482 miles (or 7,213 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martín Miguel de Güemes 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martín Miguel de Güemes 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: | BWI / KBWI |
Airport Name: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport |
Location: | between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°10'31"N by 76°40'5"W |
Area Served: | Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area |
Operator/Owner: | Maryland Aviation Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 146 feet (45 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWI |
More Information: | BWI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLA / SASA |
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Location: | Salta, Salta Province, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°50'39"S by 65°28'42"W |
Area Served: | Salta, Salta Province, Argentina |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 4075 feet (1,242 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SLA |
More Information: | SLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):
- BWI is currently the busiest airport within the Baltimore–Washington area with 11,067,317 boardings in 2011.
- The furthest airport from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,691 miles (18,814 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transportation, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972.
- The closest airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Tipton Airport (FME), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of BWI.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has five concourses, though Concourses A and B were essentially merged into a single concourse in the renovations completed in 2005.
- Because of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
- The first phase of BWI modernization was completed in 1974 at a cost of $30 million.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is currently in the process of designing a new air traffic control tower that will replace the current tower.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
Facts about Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA):
- Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) has 2 runways.
- Because of Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport's high elevation of 4,075 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) is Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NE of SLA.
- The furthest airport from Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) is Shaoguan Guitou Airport (HSC), which is nearly antipodal to Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (meaning Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shaoguan Guitou Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
- In addition to being known as "Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport", another name for SLA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Salta "Martín Miguel de Güemes"".