Nonstop flight route between Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Pardubice, Czech Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Pardubice Airport (PED), Pardubice, Czech Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,029 miles (or 6,484 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 Bradley International Airport and Pardubice 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 Bradley International Airport and Pardubice Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bradley International Airport (BDL):

• Because of Bradley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Bradley 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 Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,740 miles (18,894 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airfield began civilian use in 1947 as Bradley International Airport.
• Bradley International Airport covers 2,432 acres at an elevation of 173 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Rentschler Heliport (EHT), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of BDL.
• Bradley International Airport (BDL) has 3 runways.
• In 2001, construction commenced on a new parking garage.

Facts about Pardubice Airport (PED):

• In 1910 Jan Kašpar, an engineer and aviation enthusiast, and his cousin Eugen Čihák, bought a Bleriot XI aeroplane and started with flight experiments on the local military exercise ground in Pardubice.
• The closest airport to Pardubice Airport (PED) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) WNW of PED.
• Pardubice Airport (PED) currently has only 1 runway.
• During World War II the airport served for training of Luftwaffe pilots, toward the end of the war for combat operations, and was destroyed by bombing.
• Pardubice Airport handled 125 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Pardubice Airport", another name for PED is "Letiště Pardubice".
• The furthest airport from Pardubice Airport (PED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Pardubice Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Pardubice 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.