Nonstop flight route between Burbank, California, United States and Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States and Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU), Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,226 miles (or 3,583 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 Bob Hope Airport and Raleigh–Durham International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• In 1967 Lockheed renamed the facility Hollywood-Burbank Airport.
• United Airport was dedicated amid much festivity on Memorial Day weekend, 1930.
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.
• The land occupied by the old Lockheed buildings at the corners of Empire Avenue and Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue, is now the site of a growing power center commercial development with chain restaurants and businesses.
• The airport was originally in the city limits, but the north end of Runway 15/33 has been extended into the city of Los Angeles.
• Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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.
• Bob Hope Airport covers 610 acres at an elevation of 778 feet above sea level.
• The Burbank facility remained United Airport until 1934 when it was renamed Union Air Terminal.
• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
• The facility remained Hollywood-Burbank Airport for more than a decade until 1978 when Lockheed sold the airport to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.

Facts about Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU):

• The closest airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Triangle North Executive Airport (Franklin County Airport) (LFN), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) ENE of RDU.
• Raleigh–Durham International Airport has terminals 1 and 2.
• Because of Raleigh–Durham International Airport's relatively low elevation of 435 feet, planes can take off or land at Raleigh–Durham 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.
• The region's first airport opened in 1929 as Raleigh's Municipal Airport, just south of what is now downtown.
• Terminal 2 occupies the site of the former Terminal C, built between 1985 and 1987 for the American Airlines hub.
• After deregulation Allegheny Airlines arrived in 1979 and by 1985 Trans World Airlines, American Airlines, Ozark, People Express, New York Air, and Pan Am had all put in appearances.
• Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Delta Air Lines has increased operations since 2010, with resumed nonstop service to Los Angeles in June 2010, followed by new nonstop service to Columbus, Fort Myers, Hartford, Miami, Orlando, St.