Nonstop flight route between Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia and Munich, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barrow Island Airport (BWB), Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia and Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,901 miles (or 12,716 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 Barrow Island Airport and Munich 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 Barrow Island Airport and Munich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWB / YBWX |
| Airport Name: | Barrow Island Airport |
| Location: | Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°51'56"S by 115°24'16"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Bristow Helicopters Australia Pty. Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWB |
| More Information: | BWB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUC / EDDM |
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| Location: | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°21'14"N by 11°47'9"E |
| Area Served: | Munich, Germany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1487 feet (453 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MUC |
| More Information: | MUC Maps & Info |
Facts about Barrow Island Airport (BWB):
- The closest airport to Barrow Island Airport (BWB) is Karratha Airport (KTA), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) E of BWB.
- Because of Barrow Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Barrow Island 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.
- Barrow Island Airport (BWB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Barrow Island Airport (BWB) is Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS), which is nearly antipodal to Barrow Island Airport (meaning Barrow Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport), and is located 12,270 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Beef Island (near Tortola), British Virgin Islands.
Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):
- The 1,081 m pier features 21 jet bridges, two of which have been rebuilt into waiting halls for bus transfers.
- A third runway would increase the number schedulable aircraft movements per hour from 90 to 120.
- Construction for the satellite building has started in 2012 and will be completed by 2015.
- The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
- Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
- The airport is located 28.5 km northeast of Munich near the old city of Freising and is named in memory of the former Bavarian Prime minister Franz Josef Strauss.
- The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In June 2003, Terminal 2 was finished, housing Star Alliance partners exclusively.
- In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
- Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
