Nonstop flight route between Benin City, Nigeria and Poughkeepsie, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Benin Airport (BNI), Benin City, Nigeria and Dutchess County Airport (POU), Poughkeepsie, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,386 miles (or 8,668 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 Benin Airport and Dutchess County 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 Benin Airport and Dutchess County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Benin Airport (BNI):

• The furthest airport from Benin Airport (BNI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Benin Airport (meaning Benin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,129 miles (19,520 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Benin Airport handled 308,741 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Benin Airport (BNI) is Akure Airport (AKR), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) NNW of BNI.
• Because of Benin Airport's relatively low elevation of 258 feet, planes can take off or land at Benin 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.
• Benin Airport (BNI) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dutchess County Airport (POU):

• When Stewart International Airport, which is located just across the Hudson River, started commercial operations in 1990, most commercial airline service ended at Dutchess County Airport.
• There is currently only one flight school that operates at the airport, United Aviation Academy, located in the main terminal.
• Dutchess County Airport (POU) has 3 runways.
• Dutchess County Airport was built by the United States Department of Commerce in the 1930s and was used for pilot training during World War II by the US Army Air Forces.
• Dutchess County Airport covers an area of 640 acres which contains three runways, two of which are paved.
• Dutchess County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located on State Route 376 in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, United States, four miles south of the central business district of Poughkeepsie.
• A Flight Service Station was opened at the airport, but closed during the 1990s.
• The closest airport to Dutchess County Airport (POU) is Stewart International Airport (SWF), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) SW of POU.
• Because of Dutchess County Airport's relatively low elevation of 165 feet, planes can take off or land at Dutchess 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.
• The furthest airport from Dutchess County Airport (POU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,714 miles (18,852 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the 1960s–1980s, the airport had commuter airline service by Command Airways, Colgan Airways,Air North, and others.