Nonstop flight route between Avon Park, Florida, United States and Al Muharraq, Bahrain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), Avon Park, Florida, United States and Bahrain International Airport (BAH), Al Muharraq, Bahrain would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,543 miles (or 12,140 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 Avon Park Executive Airport and Bahrain 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 Avon Park Executive Airport and Bahrain International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO):

• Avon Park Executive Airport covers an area of 321 acres at an elevation of 160 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Avon Park Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at Avon Park Executive 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.
• The closest airport to Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) is Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SE of AVO.
• The furthest airport from Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,498 miles (18,504 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Operated by the Lodwick Aviation Military Academy, it was used as a primary pilot training airfield.
• Training Command inactivated the military flying school on 16 October 1944 as part of the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
• Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) has 2 runways.
• For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2008, the airport had 32,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 88 per day.

Facts about Bahrain International Airport (BAH):

• There are plans to build light rail lines which would connect the airport to the rest of Bahrain.
• A BD113m expansion and refurbishment program was launched in the third quarter of 2006 which will see the creation of a new multi-storey car park and retail complex adjacent to the main terminal building.
• In 1936, the operation of H.P.42 aircraft from London to India via Bahrain had been stepped up to a twice-weekly frequency.
• The furthest airport from Bahrain International Airport (BAH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Bahrain International Airport (meaning Bahrain International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,026 miles (19,355 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Bahrain International Airport", other names for BAH include "مطار البحرين الدولي" and "Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī".
• In 2010, Bahrain Airport was named as the winner of the Best Airport in the Middle East Award at the Skytrax 2010 World Airport Awards.
• The closest airport to Bahrain International Airport (BAH) is King Abdulaziz Air Base (DHA), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of BAH.
• Bahrain International Airport (BAH) has 2 runways.
• Bahrain International Airport handled 7,793,527 passengers last year.
• Because of Bahrain International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Bahrain 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.