Nonstop flight route between Budapest, Hungary and St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD), Budapest, Hungary and Samedan Airport (SMV), St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 446 miles (or 718 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 relatively short distance between Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport and Samedan Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD):

• Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport handled 8,520,880 passengers last year.
• Magyar Légiforgalmi Vállalat was established on 25 November 1954.
• On 15 November 2010, Budapest Airport regained the "Schengen Clear"-status, after implementing the necessary security actions and after that the airport underwent the strict re-inspection.
• In February 2012 Hainan Airlines announced that they would cease services to Beijing from Budapest.
• The closest airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) is Sliač Airport (SLD), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) N of BUD.
• The furthest airport from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,639 miles (18,730 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport's relatively low elevation of 495 feet, planes can take off or land at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International 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.
• In 1990, more than 40,000 take-offs and landings were registered and 2.5 million passengers were served.
• All of the airports runways are equipped with an ILS CAT II.
• On 26 July 2010, after completing a security oversight investigation in May, the EU authorities revoked Budapest Airport's official "Schengen Clear" certification, due to serious lapses observed in personal security check procedures and unauthorised passing of banned objects.
• In addition to being known as "Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport", another name for BUD is "Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér".
• Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) has 2 runways.

Facts about Samedan Airport (SMV):

• At an elevation of 1,707 metres, it is one of the highest airports in Europe.
• In addition to being known as "Samedan Airport", another name for SMV is "Flughafen Engadin".
• Samedan Airport (SMV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Samedan Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SMV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SMV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Samedan Airport (SMV) is Lugano Airport (LUG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SW of SMV.
• The furthest airport from Samedan Airport (SMV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Samedan Airport (meaning Samedan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,075 miles (19,433 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.