Nonstop flight route between Batajnica, Serbia and Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Batajnica Airbase (BJY), Batajnica, Serbia and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,541 miles (or 7,308 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 Batajnica Airbase and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International 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 Batajnica Airbase and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Batajnica Airbase (BJY):

• The closest airport to Batajnica Airbase (BJY) is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSE of BJY.
• During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the airbase was heavily bombed for 25 days and sustaining heavy damage.
• In addition to being known as "Batajnica Airbase", other names for BJY include "Aerodrom Batajnica" and "Аеродром Батајница".
• The furthest airport from Batajnica Airbase (BJY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,609 miles (18,683 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Civil aviation authorities in Serbia have speculated about the possibility to transform Batajnica to accept commercial flights from low-cost carriers at some point in the future.
• Batajnica Airbase (BJY) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP):

• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,655 miles (18,757 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (WBW), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of AVP.
• In May 2006 the airport completed an $80 million new terminal and garage.
• Because of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 962 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 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.