Nonstop flight route between near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands and Zielona Góra, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Flamingo International Airport (BON), near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands and Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), Zielona Góra, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,308 miles (or 8,542 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 Flamingo International Airport and Zielona Góra-Babimost 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 Flamingo International Airport and Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Flamingo International Airport (BON):

• Between 2000 and 2003 the airport saw a ongoing grow in passengers and freight but some decline since 2004
• Flamingo International Airport (BON) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Flamingo International Airport", another name for BON is "Bonaire International Airport".
• American soldiers arrived on Bonaire in the second half of 1943 and their commander stated that a new airport had to be built.
• The closest airport to Flamingo International Airport (BON) is Hato International Airport Curaçao International Airport (CUR), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) W of BON.
• Flamingo International Airport handled 462,897 passengers last year.
• BonAeroClub also offers sightseeing opportunities and also flight lessons with their Cessna 172.
• Flamingo Airport is the third largest airport in the former Netherlands Antilles, behind St.Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport and Curacao's Hato International Airport and is the fourth largest between the Caribbean islands of the Dutch Kingdom behind the already mentioned St.
• KLM decided on May 9, 1936, to take the risk and fly the first flight to Bonaire from Curaçao.
• The construction work for this airport began on September 23, 1935.
• The furthest airport from Flamingo International Airport (BON) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to Flamingo International Airport (meaning Flamingo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,535 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
• In 1970 the runway was extended to a length of 1750 meters and a width of 30 meters, enough for a DC9 to land and take-off with full load.
• Because of Flamingo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Flamingo 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.

Facts about Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG):

• The furthest airport from Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,631 miles (18,718 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The idea of attracting international traffic, in the form of cargo flights, for the region of western Wielkopolska and Lubusz Land has resulted in a signed agreement between the local government and the management, but nothing concrete came of that yet.
• Because of Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Zielona Góra-Babimost 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of IEG.
• There's a medium-sized passenger terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport", another name for IEG is "Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra-Babimost".
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Land connections to Poznań use the newly opened motorway northeast of the airport terminal), as well as the newly renovated railway line from the airport).
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport handled 12,276 passengers last year.