Nonstop flight route between Boise, Idaho, United States and Pisa, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Boise Airport (BOI), Boise, Idaho, United States and Pisa International Airport (PSA), Pisa, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,568 miles (or 8,961 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 Boise Airport and Pisa 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 Boise Airport and Pisa 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 Boise Airport (BOI):

• The furthest airport from Boise Airport (BOI) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,843 miles (17,451 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Boise Airport (BOI) has 3 runways.
• Between 2001 and 2005 Boise Airport was remodeled.
• The closest airport to Boise Airport (BOI) is Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSE of BOI.
• In 1926 the first municipal airport in Boise named Booth Field was built on a gravel bed where the Boise State University campus now stands.
• After the war the portion of the field used by the Army Air Forces was returned to the city.
• The Boise Airport witnessed 1,307,505 enplaned passengers in 2012, a reduction from the 2011 enplanement figure of 1,395,554 passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Boise Airport", other names for BOI include "Boise Air Terminal" and "Gowen Field".
• In 2005 over 3 million passengers passed through the airport.
• The field was named Gowen Field in 1941 on July 23, after 1st Lt.

Facts about Pisa International Airport (PSA):

• Besides civilian operations, the airport is also used extensively by the Aeronautica Militare and is a base for, amongst others, the C-130 Hercules and C-27J Spartan transport aircraft.
• Pisa International Airport handled 4,494,915 passengers last year.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
• Pisa International Airport (PSA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Pisa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Pisa 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.
• On 23 November 2009, Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 of the based 46 Aerobrigata crashed just after take-off.
• The closest airport to Pisa International Airport (PSA) is Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) ENE of PSA.
• In addition to being known as "Pisa International Airport", another name for PSA is "Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa".
• The furthest airport from Pisa International Airport (PSA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Pisa International Airport (meaning Pisa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,095 miles (19,465 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.