Nonstop flight route between Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire and Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bouaké Airport (BYK), Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire and Finschhafen Airport (FIN), Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,580 miles (or 17,026 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 Bouaké Airport and Finschhafen 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 Bouaké Airport and Finschhafen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bouaké Airport (BYK):

• The closest airport to Bouaké Airport (BYK) is Katiola Airport (KTC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) N of BYK.
• The furthest airport from Bouaké Airport (BYK) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Bouaké Airport (meaning Bouaké Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,140 miles (19,537 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• Bouaké Airport (BYK) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Finschhafen Airport (FIN):

• In addition to being known as "Finschhafen Airport", another name for FIN is "Finschhafen Airport".
• At the war's end, millions of dollars of equipment both new and used was bulldozed into a huge holes in the area and abandoned.
• The airport was built during World War II in late 1943 by the United States Army 807th and 808th Aviation Engineer Battalions which constructed a 6,000' x 100' coral and steel matting single runway running NNW to SSE.
• The closest airport to Finschhafen Airport (FIN) is Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) W of FIN.
• The furthest airport from Finschhafen Airport (FIN) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• Because of Finschhafen Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Finschhafen 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.
• Finschhafen Airport (FIN) currently has only 1 runway.