Nonstop flight route between Whakatane, New Zealand and between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Whakatane Airport (WHK), Whakatane, New Zealand and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,577 miles (or 13,803 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 Whakatane Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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 Whakatane Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WHK / NZWK |
Airport Name: | Whakatane Airport |
Location: | Whakatane, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°55'14"S by 176°54'51"E |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WHK |
More Information: | WHK Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Whakatane Airport (WHK):
- The furthest airport from Whakatane Airport (WHK) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is nearly antipodal to Whakatane Airport (meaning Whakatane Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Granada Airport), and is located 12,374 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Granada, Spain.
- Whakatane Airport (WHK) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Whakatane Airport (WHK) is Rotorua International Airport (ROT), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WSW of WHK.
- Because of Whakatane Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Whakatane 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.
Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):
- 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.
- Currently improvements are being made to widen concourse C.
- BWI was ranked one of the "Top 10 Easiest U.S.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
- 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.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
- 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 passenger terminal renovation program was complete in 1979, the most dramatic work of the airport's modernization, which was designed by DMJM along with Peterson & Brickbauer.
- 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.