Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and La Esperanza, Honduras:

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 La Esperanza Airport (LEZ), La Esperanza, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,772 miles (or 6,071 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 La Esperanza 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 La Esperanza 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):

• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
• Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres to serve the Baltimore/Washington area began just after the end of World War II.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Beginning in the 1980s, and later for much of the 1990s, BWI was a major hub for Piedmont Airlines and successor US Airways, but that airline's financial difficulties in the wake of the dot-com bust, the September 11 attacks, and intense low fare competition forced it to significantly reduce its presence at the airport.
• 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.
• BWI is currently the busiest airport within the Baltimore–Washington area with 11,067,317 boardings in 2011.
• In late 2008, Health magazine named BWI the second healthiest airport in the United States.

Facts about La Esperanza Airport (LEZ):

• The closest airport to La Esperanza Airport (LEZ) is Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport (SBL), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) N of LEZ.
• In addition to being known as "La Esperanza Airport", other names for LEZ include "La Esperanza Airport (La Esperanza)" and "SLEZ".
• La Esperanza Airport (LEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from La Esperanza Airport (LEZ) is Phu Cat Airport (UIH), which is nearly antipodal to La Esperanza Airport (meaning La Esperanza Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Phu Cat Airport), and is located 12,071 miles (19,426 kilometers) away in Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam.