Nonstop flight route between Bunia, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bunia Airport (BUX), Bunia, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lübeck Airport (LBC), Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,776 miles (or 6,077 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 Bunia Airport and Lübeck 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 Bunia Airport and Lübeck Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bunia Airport (BUX):

• The closest airport to Bunia Airport (BUX) is Beni Airport (BNC), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SW of BUX.
• Bunia Airport (BUX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bunia Airport (BUX) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,859 miles (19,085 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Because of Bunia Airport's high elevation of 4,045 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BUX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BUX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Lübeck Airport (LBC):

• Lübeck Airport is a minor international airport in Germany located 8 km south of Lübeck, the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, and 54 km northeast of Hamburg.
• The local bus line 6 runs every 20 minutes and connects the airport with Lübeck's main bus station/ZOB.
• It is the secondary airport for the Hamburg Metropolitan Region after the much bigger Hamburg Airport.Wizz Air refers to the airport as "Hamburg Lübeck" despite its actual name while Ryanair calls it "Lübeck".
• Lübeck Airport features one small terminal building containing check-in facilities, a shop as well as some restaurants.
• In addition to being known as "Lübeck Airport", another name for LBC is "Flughafen Lübeck".
• Lübeck Airport handled 537,835 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Hamburg Airport (HAM), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of LBC.
• On 23 April 2014 Lübeck Airport filed for bankruptcy.
• Because of Lübeck Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Lübeck 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.
• Lübeck Airport (LBC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,674 miles (18,787 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.