Nonstop flight route between Banfora, Burkina Faso and Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Banfora Airport (BNR), Banfora, Burkina Faso and Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU), Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,898 miles (or 7,883 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 Banfora Airport and Raleigh–Durham 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 Banfora Airport and Raleigh–Durham 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 Banfora Airport (BNR):

• The closest airport to Banfora Airport (BNR) is Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of BNR.
• Banfora Airport (BNR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Banfora Airport", another name for BNR is "Banfora Airport (Banfora)".
• The furthest airport from Banfora Airport (BNR) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Banfora Airport (meaning Banfora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,522 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• Because of Banfora Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Banfora 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.

Facts about Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU):

• After deregulation Allegheny Airlines arrived in 1979 and by 1985 Trans World Airlines, American Airlines, Ozark, People Express, New York Air, and Pan Am had all put in appearances.
• Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• After World War II Capital Airlines joined Eastern at RDU.
• The closest airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) ENE of RDU.
• In 2010 RDU's traffic began to recover.
• Terminal 2 was designed by Fentress Architects under a philosophy of contextual regionalism, related to Critical regionalism.
• Because of Raleigh–Durham International Airport's relatively low elevation of 435 feet, planes can take off or land at Raleigh–Durham 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.