Nonstop flight route between Branson, Missouri, United States and Santiago, Dominican Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Branson Airport (BKG), Branson, Missouri, United States and Cibao International Airport (STI), Santiago, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,808 miles (or 2,910 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 relatively short distance between Branson Airport and Cibao International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Branson Airport (BKG):

• The furthest airport from Branson Airport (BKG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,835 miles (17,438 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The owners have put the naming rights for the FBO, the terminal, and the entire airport up for sale.
• On February 23, 2011 Branson Airport's largest carrier, AirTran Airways announced they would be adding flights from Branson to Baltimore, Chicago-Midway and Houston-Hobby.
• ExpressJet also operated flights under an independent brand known as Branson Air Express to several markets utilizing regional jets supporting point-to-point transit.
• In addition to being known as "Branson Airport", another name for BKG is "BBG".
• Branson Airport (BKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Branson Airport (BKG) is M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of BKG.
• On February 24, 2014, Frontier Airlines announced that their Branson to Denver service would be upgraded from seasonal to daily beginning June 9, 2014.
• There are some unusual consequences of the airport's private ownership.

Facts about Cibao International Airport (STI):

• In May 2002 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas made the first direct flight from Santiago to JFK Airport in New York City.
• The furthest airport from Cibao International Airport (STI) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Cibao International Airport (meaning Cibao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Cibao International Airport", another name for STI is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao".
• Because of Cibao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 565 feet, planes can take off or land at Cibao 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.
• Cibao International Airport handled 1,092,229 passengers last year.
• Plans for the construction of the airport were first proposed in 1969.
• Cibao International Airport (STI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cibao International Airport (STI) is Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of STI.
• The Cibao International Airport infrastructure consists of the main international terminal, domestic terminal and a cargo terminal.
• JetBlue Airways, as the current largest operator, has seven or eight daily flights to New York-JFK and a daily flight to Boston with an 87% occupation in their flights, all of them operated with their Airbus A320 fleet.