Nonstop flight route between Bari, Italy and Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari, Italy and Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,013 miles (or 8,068 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 Chicago Executive 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 Chicago Executive 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 Bari metropolitan railway service connects the Airport with the Bari Centrale railway station in the city centre.
• The closest airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of BRI.
• In addition to being known as "Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport", another name for BRI is "Aeroporto di Bari-Karol Wojtyła".
• 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.
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) has 2 runways.
• The airport of Bari was originally a military airfield, built in the 1930s by the Regia Aeronautica.
• 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.
• 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 handled 3,780,112 passengers last year.

Facts about Chicago Executive Airport (PWK):

• In 2007 Chicago Executive's management created a public viewing area east of the south end of Runway 16-34 along Palatine Frontage Road, with parking, a picnic table, bleacher seating and a PA speaker to allow visitors to monitor Air Traffic Control radio communications.
• In August 2006, trustees from the village of Wheeling and alderman from the City Council of Prospect Heights voted to approve a name change.
• Because of Chicago Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 647 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago Executive 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 furthest airport from Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,069 miles (17,813 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Chicago Executive Airport, formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois.
• The closest airport to Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of PWK.
• Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) has 3 runways.