Nonstop flight route between Brussels, Belgium and Botopasi, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brussels Airport (BRU), Brussels, Belgium and Botopasi Airstrip (BTO), Botopasi, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,709 miles (or 7,578 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 Brussels Airport and Botopasi Airstrip, 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 Brussels Airport and Botopasi Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Brussels Airport (BRU):

• Brussels Airport (BRU) has 3 runways.
• Brussels Airport handled 19,133,222 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Brussels Airport", another name for BRU is "Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal (Dutch)Aéroport de Bruxelles-National (French)".
• On 18 February 2013, in the 2013 Belgium diamond heist, eight men armed with automatic weapons and dressed in police uniforms seized 120 small parcels containing an estimated US$50 million worth of diamonds off of a Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 passenger plane loaded with passengers preparing for departure to Zurich, Switzerland.
• The origins of Brussels Airport at Zaventem date back to 1940, when the German occupying force laid claim to 600 ha of agricultural fields reserved as back-up airfield "Steenokkerzeel".
• Pier A is connected to the main building via a 400 metres long tunnel under the tarmac.
• In 1956 a new 2,300 m runway was constructed, the 07R/25L which runs parallel with 07L/25R.
• The closest airport to Brussels Airport (BRU) is Antwerp International Airport (ANR), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) N of BRU.
• The airport also features places of worship, as well as a place for mediation for humanists.
• The furthest airport from Brussels Airport (BRU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,945 miles (19,223 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Brussels Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Brussels 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 Botopasi Airstrip (BTO):

• The furthest airport from Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Botopasi Airstrip (meaning Botopasi Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,290 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Laduani Airstrip (LDO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BTO.
• In addition to being known as "Botopasi Airstrip", another name for BTO is "SMBO".