Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Buttonville, Ontario, Canada:
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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 Buttonville Airport (YKZ), Buttonville, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 353 miles (or 567 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 relatively short distance between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Buttonville Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | YKZ / CYKZ |
| Airport Name: | Buttonville Airport |
| Location: | Buttonville, Ontario, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°51'38"N by 79°22'6"W |
| Area Served: | Markham, Ontario |
| Operator/Owner: | Toronto Airways Limited |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 650 feet (198 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YKZ |
| More Information: | YKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
- BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines, and is the busiest airport in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area.
- 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.
- 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.
- The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transportation, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972.
- 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 handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
- As of January 2014, Southwest Airlines, including its subsidiary AirTran Airways, represents approximately 71% of passengers followed by Delta Air Lines at 8%.
- 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.
Facts about Buttonville Airport (YKZ):
- The airport has a control tower using the frequencies 127.10 MHz for Automatic Terminal Information Service, 121.80 MHz for ground control, and 124.80 MHz for tower.
- Buttonville Airport is privately owned, and is threatened with closure due to lack of funds.
- The new tower, representing an investment of over $2 million, replaced the existing facility which was built in 1967 and had reached the end of its useful life.
- The closest airport to Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) S of YKZ.
- The furthest airport from Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,402 miles (18,350 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Buttonville Airport (YKZ) has 2 runways.
- Because of Buttonville Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Buttonville 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.
- On 8 October 2010, a small private plane of tail number C-GOYV registered to a Toronto resident made an emergency landing on Highway 407 close to Buttonville Municipal Airport.
- Buttonville Airport began as a grass airstrip in 1953 when Leggat Aviation moved its operations from Barker Field in Toronto.
