Nonstop flight route between Timbuktu, Mali and Bucharest, Romania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Timbuktu Airport (TOM), Timbuktu, Mali and Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), Bucharest, Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,557 miles (or 4,115 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 Timbuktu Airport and Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu 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 Timbuktu Airport and Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu 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: | TOM / GATB |
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Location: | Timbuktu, Mali |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°43'50"N by 3°0'26"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 863 feet (263 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TOM |
More Information: | TOM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BBU / LRBS |
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Location: | Bucharest, Romania |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°30'12"N by 26°6'12"E |
Area Served: | Bucharest, Romania |
Operator/Owner: | Compania Naţională Aeroporturi Bucureşti S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 299 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BBU |
More Information: | BBU Maps & Info |
Facts about Timbuktu Airport (TOM):
- In addition to being known as "Timbuktu Airport", another name for TOM is "Tombouctou Airport".
- The closest airport to Timbuktu Airport (TOM) is Goundam Airport (GUD), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WSW of TOM.
- The furthest airport from Timbuktu Airport (TOM) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Timbuktu Airport (meaning Timbuktu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
- Because of Timbuktu Airport's relatively low elevation of 863 feet, planes can take off or land at Timbuktu 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.
- Timbuktu Airport (TOM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU):
- The closest airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) is Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) N of BBU.
- In 1920, the airport headquartered the first aviation company in Romania, and one of the earliest in the world, the CFRNA, the precursor of the Romanian national airline, TAROM.
- The first low cost airline established at BBU was Blue Air in 2004.
- Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) currently has only 1 runway.
- As of 25 March 2012, all commercial flight operations have been moved to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport.
- The furthest airport from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,321 miles (18,219 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- An extension of the Bucharest Metro system to Aurel Vlaicu International, as Metro Line M6, which will link it to the Main Train Station and the larger Henri Coandă International Airport, was approved in June 2006 and is currently in its planning stage.
- Because of Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 299 feet, planes can take off or land at Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International 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.
- Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport handled 6,036 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport", another name for BBU is "Aeroportul Internaţional Bucureşti Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu".
- During the communist period, Băneasa Airport was TAROM's domestic hub, while Otopeni Airport was used as an international hub.