Nonstop flight route between Beauvais, France and Contadora Island, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA), Beauvais, France and Contadora Airport (OTD), Contadora Island, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,369 miles (or 8,641 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 Beauvais–Tillé Airport and Contadora 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 Beauvais–Tillé Airport and Contadora Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA):

• In response to the interceptor attacks, Beauvais was attacked by USAAF Ninth Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers with 500-pound general-purpose bombs, unguided rockets and.50 caliber machine gun sweeps when Eighth Air Force heavy bombers were within interception range of the Luftwaffe aircraft assigned to the base.
• Because of Beauvais–Tillé Airport's relatively low elevation of 359 feet, planes can take off or land at Beauvais–Tillé 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 airport is serviced by a shuttle to the city centre and railway station that operates eight times a day.
• The airport is equipped to handle medium-sized passenger jets.
• In addition to being known as "Beauvais–Tillé Airport", another name for BVA is "Aéroport de Beauvais-TilléAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-61/B-42".
• Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) has 2 runways.
• Beauvais–Tillé Airport handled 386,256 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (meaning Beauvais–Tillé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,041 miles (19,378 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome (QAM), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of BVA.
• Despite its official name Aéroport de Beauvais-Tillé and its location 85 km north of Paris, some low-cost airlines serving the airport refer to it as Paris–Beauvais for marketing purposes.

Facts about Contadora Airport (OTD):

• The furthest airport from Contadora Airport (OTD) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Contadora Airport (meaning Contadora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,094 miles (19,464 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Contadora Airport", another name for OTD is "Aeropuerto de Contadora".
• The closest airport to Contadora Airport (OTD) is Tocumen International Airport (PTY), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NW of OTD.