Nonstop flight route between Bari, Italy and Kansas City, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari, Italy and Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Kansas City, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,408 miles (or 8,703 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and Kansas City 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and Kansas City 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI):

• The closest airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of BRI.
• The furthest airport from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,739 miles (18,892 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport", another name for BRI is "Aeroporto di Bari-Karol Wojtyła".
• AMTAB buses provide public transportation to the airport from the city centre.
• In 1981 a new building was completed, originally intended to be used as cargo terminal, but it became in fact the airport's new passengers terminal.
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport handled 3,780,112 passengers last year.
• In 2005, construction works for a new control tower began and they were completed the following year.
• Because of Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Bari Karol Wojtyła 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.
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) has 2 runways.

Facts about Kansas City International Airport (MCI):

• Kansas City International Airport handled 10,148,524 passengers last year.
• Kansas City was planning to build an airport with room for 10,000-foot runways and knew the downtown airport wouldn't do.
• Kansas City International Airport (MCI) has 3 runways.
• The site just north of the then unincorporated hamlet of Hampton, Missouri was picked in May 1953 under the guidance of City Manager L.P.
• Kansas City Industrial Airport was built after the Great Flood of 1951 destroyed the facilities of both of Kansas City's hometown airlines Mid-Continent Airlines and TWA at Fairfax Airport across the Missouri River from the city's main Kansas City Municipal Airport.
• The terminals turned out to be unfriendly to the 747, since passengers spilled out of the gate area into the halls.
• As a result, passenger services were nonexistent downstream of the security checkpoint in the gate area.
• Following the renovations, all three terminals include blue terrazzo floors, updated arrival/departure screens and restrooms and concessions are now available inside passenger holding areas.
• Shortly after the airport opened, TWA asked that the terminals be rebuilt to address these issues.
• The furthest airport from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,750 miles (17,301 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• TWA vetoed concepts to model the airport on Washington Dulles International Airport and Tampa International Airport, because those two airports had people movers which it deemed too expensive.
• The closest airport to Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of MCI.