Nonstop flight route between Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau and Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bubaque Airport (BQE), Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau and Lonorore Airport (LNE), Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,022 miles (or 19,347 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 Bubaque Airport and Lonorore 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 Bubaque Airport and Lonorore Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between BQE and LNE makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Bubaque Airport and Lonorore Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between BQE and LNE are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau and Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between BQE and LNE!

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Facts about Bubaque Airport (BQE):

• The closest airport to Bubaque Airport (BQE) is Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NNE of BQE.
• Bubaque Airport (BQE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bubaque Airport (BQE) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Bubaque Airport (meaning Bubaque Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,750 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
• Because of Bubaque Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Bubaque 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 Lonorore Airport (LNE):

• The furthest airport from Lonorore Airport (LNE) is Sélibaby Airport (SEY), which is nearly antipodal to Lonorore Airport (meaning Lonorore Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sélibaby Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Sélibaby, Mauritania.
• The closest airport to Lonorore Airport (LNE) is Sara Airport (SSR), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) N of LNE.
• Near the airport is a small post office which handles all of southern Pentecost's mail.
• Because of Lonorore Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Lonorore 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.
• Lonorore began as a grass airstrip, capable of accommodating 20-seater Twin Otter aircraft in good conditions, although it was frequently unusable due to waterlogging in wet weather.