Nonstop flight route between Bergen, Norway and Boghe (Bogué), Mauritania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO), Bergen, Norway and Abbaye Airport (BGH), Boghe (Bogué), Mauritania would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,168 miles (or 5,099 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Abbaye 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 Bergen-Flesland International Airport and Abbaye Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO):

• Because of Bergen-Flesland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at Bergen-Flesland 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.
• Financing was instead secured through a national military communications project, of which 16 million Norwegian krone was set aside over a period of three years, which would secure construction of a 1,460-meter runway.
• Helikopter Service established itself at Flesland in 1958, two years after the Stavanger-based company was established.
• Construction started on 14 August 1952 with construction of a road from Blomsterdalen.
• The furthest airport from Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,296 miles (18,179 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport handled 6,213,960 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Bergen-Flesland International Airport", another name for BGO is "Bergen lufthavn, Flesland".
• The closest airport to Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (SRP), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) S of BGO.
• The main terminal covers an area of 21,000 square meters, of which 14,200 square meters is used for passenger areas.
• Nineteen scheduled airlines operate to nineteen domestic and thirty-four international destinations.
• Bergen Airport serves 63 destinations, of which 19 are domestic, 34 are international and 16 are charter.
• Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Abbaye Airport (BGH):

• The furthest airport from Abbaye Airport (BGH) is Norsup Airport (NUS), which is nearly antipodal to Abbaye Airport (meaning Abbaye Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norsup Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Norsup, Malakula island, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Abbaye Airport (BGH) is Podor Airport (POD), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) W of BGH.