Nonstop flight route between Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Chicago, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,315 miles (or 2,116 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 relatively short distance between Bryce Canyon Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE):

• The closest airport to Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of BCE.
• The furthest airport from Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,168 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Bryce Canyon Airport's high elevation of 7,590 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BCE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BCE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The Garfield County Airport Hangar is significant as an unusual example of a log hangar.
• Bryce Canyon Airport is a public airport located four miles north of Bryce Canyon, in Garfield County, Utah, United States.
• On October 6, 2000 American Airlines flight 2821 departed Denver International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
• Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD):

• Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) has 8 runways.
• Because of Chicago O'Hare International Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago O'Hare 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.
• The furthest airport from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,071 miles (17,817 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• United and American both established nationwide hubs at the airport in the 1980s, which continue to operate today.
• Growth was slow at first.
• The closest airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) N of ORD.
• It is operated by the City of Chicago Department of Aviation.
• The original Douglas Aircraft C-54 Skymaster transport manufacturing plant on the northeast side of the airport became a United States Air Force Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve facility after World War II.
• Due to the construction of Terminal 1 for United, international flights were relocated to a temporary Terminal 4 from 1984 until 1993.
• By the early 1950s, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago's primary airport since 1931, had become too crowded despite multiple expansions and could not handle the planned first generation of jets.
• Terminal 1 houses all United Airlines domestic flights as well as international departures, and also departures for a select number of Star Alliance partners, including Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways.
• In 1953, while traveling to an airshow at Naval Air Station Glenview in Chicago, Illinois, Blue Angels pilot LT Harding MacKnight experienced an engine flameout in his F7U Cutlass, forcing him to make an emergency landing at NAS Glenview.
• The airport was constructed in 1942–43 as a manufacturing plant for Douglas C-54s during World War II.