Nonstop flight route between Spokane, Washington, United States and Burgas, Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA), Spokane, Washington, United States and Burgas Airport (BOJ), Burgas, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,853 miles (or 9,419 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 Fairchild Air Force Base and Burgas 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 Fairchild Air Force Base and Burgas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKA / KSKA |
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Location: | Spokane, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°36'54"N by 117°39'20"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SKA |
More Information: | SKA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOJ / LBBG |
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Location: | Burgas, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°34'13"N by 27°30'55"E |
Area Served: | Burgas |
Operator/Owner: | Fraport Twin Star Airport Management |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 135 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOJ |
More Information: | BOJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA):
- Over 5,100 active duty Air Force, Air National Guard, and tenant organization military and civilian employees work on Fairchild, making the base the largest employer in Eastern Washington.
- As an added incentive to the War Department, many Spokane businesses and public-minded citizens donated money to purchase land for the base.
- The furthest airport from Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,665 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, both groups deployed to Japan and Guam.
- As military operations in Vietnam escalated in the mid-1960s, the demand for air refueling increased.
- The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.
- On 23 January 1987, following the inactivation of the 47th Air Division at Fairchild, the 92nd Bombardment Wing was reassigned to the 57th Air Division at Minot AFB, North Dakota.
- The closest airport to Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Spokane International Airport (GEG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) E of SKA.
- Fairchild’s location, 12 miles west of Spokane, resulted from a competition with the cities of Seattle and Everett in western Washington.
- In 1995 aircraft from Fairchild flew to Travis AFB, California in support of its first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty mission, transporting Russian inspectors to sites in the Western U.S.
- In addition to being known as "Fairchild Air Force Base", another name for SKA is "Fairchild AFB".
Facts about Burgas Airport (BOJ):
- Burgas Airport handled 235,686 passengers last year.
- Because of Burgas Airport's relatively low elevation of 135 feet, planes can take off or land at Burgas 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.
- In addition to being known as "Burgas Airport", other names for BOJ include "Bourgas Airport", "Sarafovo Airport" and "Летище Бургас".
- The furthest airport from Burgas Airport (BOJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,230 miles (18,074 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In December 2011 construction work began on the new Terminal 2.
- Passengers and guests arriving at Burgas Airport with their personal car can use the commercially available parking lot, located in the immediate vicinity of the main terminal building.
- On 29 June 1947, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines began domestic flights between Burgas, Plovdiv and Sofia, using Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft.
- Only Terminal 2 is handling passenger traffic at Burgas Airport.
- The closest airport to Burgas Airport (BOJ) is Varna Airport Aksakovo (VAR), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) NNE of BOJ.
- Burgas Airport (BOJ) currently has only 1 runway.