Nonstop flight route between El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain and Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN), El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain and Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX), Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,511 miles (or 8,868 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport and Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport and Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN):

• On the 1st of February 2014, Barcelona-El Prat was the first Spanish airport to receive a daily flight with the Airbus A380, on the Emirates route to Dubai International Airport.
• A new Terminal 1 designed by Ricardo Bofill was inaugurated on 16 June 2009.
• The closest airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Sabadell Airport (QSA), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) N of BCN.
• In addition to being known as "Barcelona–El Prat Airport", another name for BCN is "Aeroport de Barcelona–El Prat".
• Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) has 3 runways.
• The Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona public bus line 46 runs from Plaça Espanya.
• In 2011 nearly 34.4 million passengers used Barcelona Airport, a 17.8% increase compared with 2010.
• Because of Barcelona–El Prat Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Barcelona–El Prat 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (meaning Barcelona–El Prat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The extension of the airport with a total investment of €5.1 billion in the future will include a new satellite terminal and refurbishment of existing terminals.

Facts about Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX):

• The closest airport to Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX) is Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) ESE of CHX.
• Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" 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 Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (meaning Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,244 miles (19,704 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport", another name for CHX is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño"".