Nonstop flight route between Bloomington, Indiana, United States and Ajaccio, Corsica, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Monroe County Airport (BMG), Bloomington, Indiana, United States and Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA), Ajaccio, Corsica, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,729 miles (or 7,611 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 Monroe County Airport and Napoleon Bonaparte 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 Monroe County Airport and Napoleon Bonaparte Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Monroe County Airport (BMG):

• The furthest airport from Monroe County Airport (BMG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,182 miles (17,996 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Monroe County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Bloomington, Indiana, United States.
• The closest airport to Monroe County Airport (BMG) is Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport (BFR), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSE of BMG.
• As constructed, the original runway was 5,200 feet but was later lengthened to 6,500 feet permitting the operation of Boeing 727 aircraft.
• Because of Monroe County Airport's relatively low elevation of 846 feet, planes can take off or land at Monroe County 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.
• Monroe County Airport (BMG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA):

• The furthest airport from Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (meaning Napoleon Bonaparte Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,140 miles (19,538 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Napoleon Bonaparte Airport", another name for AJA is "Aéroport d'Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte".
• Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Napoleon Bonaparte Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Napoleon Bonaparte 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.
• The airport is the main base of regional airline Air Corsica, which operates services to continental France.
• The closest airport to Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA) is Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of AJA.
• In 1944 the United States Army Air Forces took over the airport and put down a hard surface of perforated metallic mats from which a squadron of P-51's flew.