Nonstop flight route between Zakouma, Chad and between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zakouma Airport (AKM), Zakouma, Chad and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,086 miles (or 9,795 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 Zakouma 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 Zakouma 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!

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Facts about Zakouma Airport (AKM):

• The closest airport to Zakouma Airport (AKM) is Am Timan Airport (AMC), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) ENE of AKM.
• The furthest airport from Zakouma Airport (AKM) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Zakouma Airport (meaning Zakouma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,371 miles (19,909 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Zakouma Airport (AKM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):

• Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres to serve the Baltimore/Washington area began just after the end of World War II.
• To accommodate Southwest's extensive presence at the airport, in 2005 Concourses A and B were expanded, renovated, and integrated with one another to house all of that airline's operations there.
• BWI is currently the busiest airport within the Baltimore–Washington area with 11,067,317 boardings in 2011.
• 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.
• In 2010, BWI was ranked as the best airport of its size in the world by the Airports Council International based on its 2009 Airport Service Quality survey.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transportation, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972.
• BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines, and is the busiest airport in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area.
• The airport's cargo concourse covers a 395,000 sq ft area.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
• 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.