Nonstop flight route between Bangor, Maine, United States and Monrovia, Liberia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States and Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB), Monrovia, Liberia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,391 miles (or 7,067 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field, 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGR / KBGR |
| Airport Name: | Bangor International Airport |
| Location: | Bangor, Maine, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°48'25"N by 68°49'41"W |
| Area Served: | Bangor, Maine |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGR |
| More Information: | BGR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ROB / GLRB |
| Airport Name: | Roberts International Airport Roberts Field |
| Location: | Monrovia, Liberia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°14'2"N by 10°21'43"W |
| Area Served: | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ROB |
| More Information: | ROB Maps & Info |
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- Bangor also had mainline scheduled jets on Northeast Airlines, and subsequently Delta in the 1970s with flights to PWM and BOS.
- 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 Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Most regular flights in and out of Bangor are connections to relatively close destinations.
- 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.
- Regular air passenger service to Portland and Boston was begun in 1931 by Boston-Maine Airways, owned by the Boston and Maine and Bangor and Aroostook railroads and under contract to Pan American, which was interested in the airport as a stop on its planned intercontinental air route between the U.S.
- 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 began as Godfrey Field in the 1920s, on land owned by local attorney Edward Rawson Godfrey.
Facts about Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB):
- Because of Roberts International Airport Roberts Field's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Roberts International Airport Roberts Field 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.
- However, just one week prior to the inaugural flight, Delta announced that its planned launch would be suspended indefinitely.
- Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) currently has only 1 runway.
- At one point in the past, Roberts Airport was listed as an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.
- Roberts International Airport Roberts Field handled 133,656 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Nauru International Airport (INU), which is nearly antipodal to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (meaning Roberts International Airport Roberts Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nauru International Airport), and is located 12,001 miles (19,314 kilometers) away in Yaren, Nauru.
- The story of Robertsfield is consistently intertwined with the history of Pan American World Airways.
- The closest airport to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of ROB.
- The airport is clearly the nation's busiest most important aviation facility, with the only connections to Europe and the United States.
- On 5 September 2010, Delta launched once weekly flights between Atlanta and Monrovia.
