Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Erigavo, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Erigavo Airport (ERA), Erigavo, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,466 miles (or 12,016 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Erigavo 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Erigavo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):

• Passenger van service to and from the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland is available through BayRunner Shuttle with services to and from BWI to Kent Island, Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury, Ocean Pines, and Ocean City and Grantsville, Frostburg, Cumberland, Hancock, Hagerstown, and Frederick.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
• The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transportation, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
• The first phase of BWI modernization was completed in 1974 at a cost of $30 million.
• The Federal Aviation Administration is currently in the process of designing a new air traffic control tower that will replace the current tower.
• The passenger terminal renovation program was complete in 1979, the most dramatic work of the airport's modernization, which was designed by DMJM along with Peterson & Brickbauer.
• The furthest airport from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,691 miles (18,814 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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's cargo concourse covers a 395,000 sq ft area.
• The airport has been a backdrop in numerous films, including The Silence of the Lambs, Goldfinger, Broadcast News, and Twelve Monkeys.
• In 2010, BWI was ranked as the best airport of its size in the world by the Airports Council International based on its 2009 Airport Service Quality survey.
• The closest airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Tipton Airport (FME), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of BWI.

Facts about Erigavo Airport (ERA):

• Because of Erigavo Airport's high elevation of 5,720 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ERA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ERA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Erigavo Airport (ERA) is Bender Qassim International Airport (BSA), which is located 127 miles (205 kilometers) ENE of ERA.
• The furthest airport from Erigavo Airport (ERA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,997 miles (19,308 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.