Nonstop flight route between Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom and Boufarik, Algeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bournemouth Airport (BOH), Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom and Boufarik Air Base (QFD), Boufarik, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,011 miles (or 1,627 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 Bournemouth Airport and Boufarik Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bournemouth Airport (BOH):

• Bournemouth Airport handled 660,272 passengers last year.
• Since 2001, a Boeing 747SP has been based at the airport which is used by the Royal Family of Qatar and other VIP government staff from the Middle East state of Qatar.
• The closest airport to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Southampton Airport (SOU), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ENE of BOH.
• Because of Bournemouth Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Bournemouth 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.
• 1958 saw the first Palmair charter from the airport, using a single 36 seat Viking aircraft destined for Palma de Mallorca.
• The furthest airport from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,218 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In 2007, Ryanair began to rapidly increase the number of services from the airport, initially starting routes to Marseille, Alicante, and Milan which brought the total to eight.
• In 1996, a new extension to the main runway was officially opened by the arrival of Concorde.
• In 2007, the airport's owners, Manchester Airports Group, announced a £32 million investment in the redevelopment of the airport which mainly focuses on creating new car parking spaces in two separate car parks and building a new International Arrivals terminal.
• Bournemouth Airport (BOH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Boufarik Air Base (QFD):

• The furthest airport from Boufarik Air Base (QFD) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Boufarik Air Base (meaning Boufarik Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,524 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Boufarik Air Base (QFD) is Blida Airport (QLD), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of QFD.
• In addition to being known as "Boufarik Air Base", another name for QFD is "Boufarik Airport (Boufarik)".
• Boufarik Air Base (QFD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Boufarik Air Base's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at Boufarik Air Base 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.