Nonstop flight route between Boise, Idaho, United States and Sheffield, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Boise Airport (BOI), Boise, Idaho, United States and Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,710 miles (or 7,581 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 Sheffield City Heliport, 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 Sheffield City Heliport. 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):

• In addition to being known as "Boise Airport", other names for BOI include "Boise Air Terminal" and "Gowen Field".
• The closest airport to Boise Airport (BOI) is Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSE of BOI.
• The airport can handle minor maintenance and repairs through fixed base operators Jackson Jet Center, Turbo Air and Western Aircraft.
• In addition to being a commercial and general aviation airport, Boise also sees use by the Idaho Air National Guard on the Gowen Field Air National Guard Base portion of the airport.
• On January 4, 2008, city officials broke ground for Boise Air Terminal's latest improvement, a new air traffic control tower.
• The Boise Airport witnessed 1,307,505 enplaned passengers in 2012, a reduction from the 2011 enplanement figure of 1,395,554 passengers.
• The furthest airport from Boise Airport (BOI) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,843 miles (17,451 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The Boise Airport Passenger Terminal designed by CSHQA is a three-story, steel-framed 378,000-square-foot state-of-the-art aviation facility.
• The field was named Gowen Field in 1941 on July 23, after 1st Lt.
• Boise is a landing rights airfield requiring international general aviation flights to receive permission from a Customs and Border Protection officer before landing.
• After the war the portion of the field used by the Army Air Forces was returned to the city.
• Boise Airport (BOI) has 3 runways.

Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):

• Passenger figures ranged from 46,000 in 1998, 75,000 in 1999, 60,000 in 2000, 33,000 in 2001 and 13,000 in the airports final year of operation.
• An assessment commissioned by the City Council revealed it was losing £400,000 a year and was not sustainable.
• The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The airport was built, after a consultants report, on a short-runway STOLPORT model similar to London City Airport.
• Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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 Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.