Nonstop flight route between Bangor, Maine, United States and Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States and Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,931 miles (or 11,154 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 Bangor International Airport and Lianyungang Baitabu 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 Bangor International Airport and Lianyungang Baitabu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):

• In November 2007, Allegiant Air began offering a few flights to and from Orlando-Sanford International Airport and Saint Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, a secondary airport near Tampa.
• Because of Bangor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Bangor 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.
• Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Marketing efforts by airport officials drove annual passengers from 369,000 in 2001 past 480,000 in 2005.
• The furthest airport from Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,670 miles (18,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Bangor International is operated as an "enterprise fund", which means that the expense of operating it comes from airport revenue.
• In October 1969, a Trans World Airlines plane that had been hijacked in California refueled in Bangor on its way to Rome, where the hijacker was captured.
• Bangor International Airport began as Godfrey Field in the 1920s, on land owned by local attorney Edward Rawson Godfrey.
• The closest airport to Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Old Town Municipal Airport (OLD), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NE of BGR.
• In 1977, Erwin Kreuz, a 50-year-old West German brewery worker on his way to San Francisco, stepped off a refueling charter flight in the mistaken belief that he had reached his destination.
• Bangor is the first major American airport encountered by airliners approaching the United States from the east and the last for airliners heading towards Europe.

Facts about Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG):

• In addition to being known as "Lianyungang Baitabu Airport", other names for LYG include "连云港白塔埠机场" and "Liányúngǎng Báitǎbù Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG) is Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NW of LYG.
• The furthest airport from Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is nearly antipodal to Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (meaning Lianyungang Baitabu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Junín Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG) currently has only 1 runway.