Nonstop flight route between near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands and Mason City, Iowa, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Flamingo International Airport (BON), near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands and Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW), Mason City, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,614 miles (or 4,207 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 Mason City Municipal 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 Mason City Municipal 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):

• The Flamingo Airport is large enough to accommodate most international wide-body airliners such as the Boeing 747, the Boeing 777, and the Airbus A340, although the largest wide-body type to operate to Bonaire today is the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, flown by KLM.
• The airport registered a more than 10% increase in passengers in the first quarter of 2008.
• 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.
• BonAeroClub also offers sightseeing opportunities and also flight lessons with their Cessna 172.
• Flamingo International Airport handled 462,897 passengers last year.
• Flamingo International Airport or Bonaire International Airport is an international airport located at Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands.
• 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.
• 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".
• 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.
• American soldiers arrived on Bonaire in the second half of 1943 and their commander stated that a new airport had to be built.

Facts about Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW):

• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 11,678 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 11,076 in 2009, and 13,852 in 2010.
• Great Lakes Airlines previously served the airport without funding from the EAS program and the airline flew direct to Chicago O'Hare up until October 28, 1998.
• Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) has 2 runways.
• Mason City Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,103 acres at an elevation of 1,214 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) is Forest City Municipal Airport (FXY), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WNW of MCW.
• The furthest airport from Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,784 miles (17,354 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.