Nonstop flight route between Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Bader Field (AIY), Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,668 miles (or 5,903 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and Bader Field, 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and Bader Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):

• Because of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Bordeaux-Mérignac 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.
• In 1957, C-119G transports from Évreux AB, France moved the USAFE Mobile Headquarters from Wiesbaden AB, Ger.
• In 1951 Mérignac was turned over to NATO for use by the United States Air Force.
• Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.
• Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BOD.
• In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
• The furthest airport from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (meaning Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,215 miles (19,658 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Bader Field (AIY):

• The furthest airport from Bader Field (AIY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,788 miles (18,971 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In February 2012, Metallica announced that their two day Orion Music + More Festival would be staged at Bader Field on June 23 and 24, 2012.
• In addition to being known as "Bader Field", another name for AIY is "Atlantic City Municipal Airport".
• The closest airport to Bader Field (AIY) is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of AIY.
• Bader Field, also known as Atlantic City Municipal Airport, was a city-owned public-use general aviation airport located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
• Bader Field (AIY) has 2 runways.
• Because of Bader Field's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Bader Field 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.
• Bader Field was the founding location of the Civil Air Patrol in 1941.