Nonstop flight route between Burbank, California, United States and Teresina, Piauí, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States and Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (THE), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,597 miles (or 9,008 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 Bob Hope Airport and Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella 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 Bob Hope Airport and Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• Numerous attempts to expand safety buffer zones and add runway length have drawn opposition from the airport's neighbors, citing increased noise.
• Lockheed officials declared that the airport would reopen the next day, and it did, using electronic equipment borrowed from LAX and set up in a nearby hangar.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of 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.
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,647,287 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,294,991 in 2009, and 2,239,804 in 2010.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• On November 11, 2003, the airport authority voted to change the name to Bob Hope Airport in honor of comedian Bob Hope, a longtime resident of nearby Toluca Lake, who had died earlier that year and who had kept his personal airplane at the airfield.
• No municipal bus service is offered direct to the terminal building, however, the MTA provides bus service to the corner of Hollywood Way and Thornton Ave via lines 94, 169, 222, and 794.
• After much debate between the Airport Authority, the city of Burbank, the Transportation Security Administration, and Burbank residents, in November 2007 it was decided that a new $8-million to $10-million baggage screening facility for Terminal B is legal, considering the anti-growth limitations placed on the airport.
• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (THE):

• The closest airport to Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (THE) is Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), which is located 159 miles (256 kilometers) N of THE.
• In addition to being known as "Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport", another name for THE is "Aeroporto de Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella".
• Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (THE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport handled 1,091,242 passengers last year.
• The airport was opened on September 30, 1967 and since December 23, 1974 it is operated by Infraero.
• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Teresina.
• The furthest airport from Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (THE) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport (meaning Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Because of Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella Airport's relatively low elevation of 219 feet, planes can take off or land at Teresina–Senador Petrônio Portella 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.