Nonstop flight route between Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Reggio Calabria, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France and Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG), Reggio Calabria, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 965 miles (or 1,553 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and Reggio di Calabria Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):

• In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
• General Charles de Gaulle took off from the airport to travel to London in 1940, and the following day he broadcast the Appeal of 18 June.
• As a consequence of the temporary closure of the Cazaux military base, the civil authorities have been forced to share the runway with the French Army since November 2005.
• 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.
• 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.
• The airport is accessible by car via the A630 autoroute.
• Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport is the international airport of Bordeaux, the ninth largest city in France.
• Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
• Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.
• 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 Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG):

• The Reggio Calabria Airport is approximately 5 kilometers south from Reggio's historic city center.
• A bus service called "Volobus" connects the airport of Reggio with Messina in about an hour and on time with all flights.
• Reggio di Calabria Airport handled 562,747 passengers last year.
• The airport was named after Italian Royal Air Force war-hero Tito Minniti, who was born in Reggio Calabria.
• The closest airport to Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) is Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) SW of REG.
• Because of Reggio di Calabria Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Reggio di Calabria 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 addition to being known as "Reggio di Calabria Airport", other names for REG include "Aeroporto di Reggio di Calabria", "Aeroporto dello Stretto" and "Aeroporto Tito Minniti".
• Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,692 miles (18,816 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.