Nonstop flight route between Bergamo (near Milan), Italy and Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), Bergamo (near Milan), Italy and Gwangju Airport (KWJ), Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,618 miles (or 9,041 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 Il Caravaggio International Airport and Gwangju 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 Il Caravaggio International Airport and Gwangju Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY):

• The furthest airport from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Il Caravaggio International Airport (meaning Il Caravaggio International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,109 miles (19,487 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) is Milan Linate Airport (LIN), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BGY.
• Il Caravaggio International Airport handled 8,890,720 passengers last year.
• Because of Il Caravaggio International Airport's relatively low elevation of 782 feet, planes can take off or land at Il Caravaggio 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.
• Ground handling services are provided by the SACBO and Airport Global Services.
• In addition to being known as "Il Caravaggio International Airport", another name for BGY is "Aeroporto di Bergamo-Orio al Serio".
• Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) has 2 runways.

Facts about Gwangju Airport (KWJ):

• Because of Gwangju Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Gwangju 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.
• Customers should pick up a parking ticket from a printing machine on the way into the lot.
• Gwangju Airport (KWJ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Gwangju Airport", other names for KWJ include "광주공항 光州空港", "Gwangju Gonghang" and "Kwangju Konghang".
• The closest airport to Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Mokpo Airport (MPK), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SW of KWJ.
• Situated 11 km west of downtown Gwangju, Gwangju International Airport has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, taxi stops, and parking lot accommodating about 820 vehicles.
• The furthest airport from Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gwangju Airport (meaning Gwangju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,327 miles (19,839 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• Gwangju Airport handled 1,539,187 passengers last year.