Nonstop flight route between Bartow, Florida, United States and Orlando, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), Bartow, Florida, United States and Orlando International Airport (MCO), Orlando, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 44 miles (or 71 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 Bartow Municipal Airport and Orlando International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW):

• The furthest airport from Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,481 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) is Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (GIF), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) NNE of BOW.
• Bartow Municipal Airport is a public airport four miles northeast of Bartow, in Polk County, Florida.
• Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) has 3 runways.
• Because of Bartow Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Bartow Municipal 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 base was ordered deactivated on 25 October 1945 and it closed by the end of the year.
• In 1946 about 32 former military barracks were converted into apartments for returning military veterans.

Facts about Orlando International Airport (MCO):

• The airport became a U.S.
• Military operations began in 1942 as Orlando Army Air Field #2, an auxiliary airfield to Orlando Army Air Base which is now known as Orlando Executive Airport.
• Orlando International Airport handled 34,877,899 passengers last year.
• Orlando International Airport (MCO) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Orlando International Airport (MCO) is Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) N of MCO.
• Airsides 1 and 3, and later Airside 4, were designed by KBJ Architects, while Airside 3 was designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock Architects, and Rhodes + Brito Architects.
• Because of Orlando International Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Orlando 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 February 22, 2005, MCO became the first airport in Florida to accept E-Pass and SunPass toll transponders as a form of payment for parking.
• The furthest airport from Orlando International Airport (MCO) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,506 miles (18,517 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the 1950s the base began hosting SAC's annual Bombing and Navigation Competition.