Nonstop flight route between Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States and Plovdiv, Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF), Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States and Plovdiv Airport (PDV), Plovdiv, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,592 miles (or 8,999 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 Council Bluffs Municipal Airport and Plovdiv 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 Council Bluffs Municipal Airport and Plovdiv Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBF / KCBF |
Airport Name: | Council Bluffs Municipal Airport |
Location: | Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°15'35"N by 95°45'30"W |
Area Served: | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | Council Bluffs Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1245 feet (379 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CBF |
More Information: | CBF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDV / LBPD |
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Location: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°4'4"N by 24°51'52"E |
Area Served: | Plovdiv |
Operator/Owner: | Letishte Plovdiv EAD |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 597 feet (182 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PDV |
More Information: | PDV Maps & Info |
Facts about Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF):
- The closest airport to Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF) is Eppley Airfield (OMA), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WNW of CBF.
- Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF) has 2 runways.
- The airport has many instrument approaches, including an ILS to Runway 36, and a VOR-A approach that are both used regularly for training.
- The furthest airport from Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,684 miles (17,194 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Plovdiv Airport (PDV):
- Plovdiv airport serves the nearby ski resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, and therefore serves mainly charter flights, during the winter season from the end of December until March.
- Plovdiv Airport (PDV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Domestic scheduled flights were terminated in 1980, but winter charter flights continue to increase which again leads to a relocation of ground facilities as technical buildings, power supply facilities, air traffic control tower and administrative facilities.
- The furthest airport from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,355 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport was the setting for the climax of the 2012 American film The Expendables 2.
- The closest airport to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Haskovo Malevo Airport (HKV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) E of PDV.
- Because of Plovdiv Airport's relatively low elevation of 597 feet, planes can take off or land at Plovdiv 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.
- Plovdiv Airport handled 8,752 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Plovdiv Airport", other names for PDV include "Krumovo Airport" and "Летище Пловдив".
- The beginning of civil aviation at Plovdiv came with the first test flight between Sofia-Plovdiv-Yambol and Burgas early in 1928.