Nonstop flight route between Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and Bratislava, Slovakia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Arutua Airport (AXR), Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and Bratislava Airport (BTS), Bratislava, Slovakia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,983 miles (or 16,066 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 Arutua Airport and Bratislava 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 Arutua Airport and Bratislava Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Arutua Airport (AXR):

• The closest airport to Arutua Airport (AXR) is Apataki Airport (APK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SSE of AXR.
• The furthest airport from Arutua Airport (AXR) is Khartoum International Airport (KRT), which is nearly antipodal to Arutua Airport (meaning Arutua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Khartoum International Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Khartoum, Sudan.

Facts about Bratislava Airport (BTS):

• The airport features two perpendicular runways, both of which underwent a complete reconstruction in the 1980s.
• Bratislava Airport handled 1,416,117 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Bratislava Airport", other names for BTS include "Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport" and "Letisko M. R. Štefánika".
• The closest airport to Bratislava Airport (BTS) is Vienna International Airport (VIE), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of BTS.
• Bratislava Airport (BTS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bratislava Airport (BTS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,716 miles (18,855 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The offices of the Civil Aviation Authority are on the airport property.
• Public transportation service 61 connects the airport to the city centre and the central railway station during the day.
• Because of Bratislava Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at Bratislava 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.