Nonstop flight route between Bartow, Florida, United States and Nairobi, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), Bartow, Florida, United States and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,000 miles (or 12,875 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 Bartow Municipal Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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 Bartow Municipal Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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 Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW):

• Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) has 3 runways.
• Bartow Municipal Airport is a public airport four miles northeast of Bartow, in Polk County, Florida.
• 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.
• From 1960 through 1967 the City of Bartow again managed the airport and the aviation facilities were again leased to a fixed base operator.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):

• International arrivals are bused to a temporary facility set up in the ground floor of the new parkade.
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.
• Once complete, the terminal will have 60 check-in positions, 32 air bridges and eight remote gates.
• The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya.
• The furthest airport from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,621 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The original terminal, located on the north side of the runway, is used by the Kenya Air Force and is sometimes referred as Old Embakasi Airport.
• Because of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's high elevation of 5,327 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NBO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NBO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.