Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia:
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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 Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,114 miles (or 9,840 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 Fa'a'ā International 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 Fa'a'ā International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWI / KBWI |
Airport Name: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport |
Location: | between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°10'31"N by 76°40'5"W |
Area Served: | Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area |
Operator/Owner: | Maryland Aviation Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 146 feet (45 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWI |
More Information: | BWI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPT / NTAA |
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Location: | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°33'24"S by 149°36'41"W |
Area Served: | Tahiti, French Polynesia |
Operator/Owner: | SETIL - Aéroports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PPT |
More Information: | PPT Maps & Info |
Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):
- The Federal Aviation Administration is currently in the process of designing a new air traffic control tower that will replace the current tower.
- In late 2008, Health magazine named BWI the second healthiest airport in the United States.
- 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.
- The first phase of BWI modernization was completed in 1974 at a cost of $30 million.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has five concourses, though Concourses A and B were essentially merged into a single concourse in the renovations completed in 2005.
- As of January 2014, Southwest Airlines, including its subsidiary AirTran Airways, represents approximately 71% of passengers followed by Delta Air Lines at 8%.
- 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 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 Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT):
- Because of Fa'a'ā International Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Fa'a'ā International 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.
- McDonald's is at terminal 2 and is close to the conveyor belts.
- The closest airport to Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is Moorea Airport (MOZ), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WNW of PPT.
- The furthest airport from Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Fa'a'ā International Airport (meaning Fa'a'ā International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,387 miles (19,935 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
- Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Air Tahiti has its head office at the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Fa'a'ā International Airport", another name for PPT is "Aéroport International Tahiti Fa'a'ā".