Nonstop flight route between Cape Palmas, Liberia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cape Palmas Airport (CPA), Cape Palmas, Liberia and Plovdiv Airport (PDV), Plovdiv, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,285 miles (or 5,287 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 Cape Palmas Airport and Plovdiv 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 Cape Palmas Airport and Plovdiv Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cape Palmas Airport (CPA):

• Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) WNW of CPA.
• The furthest airport from Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) is Aranuka Airport (AAK), which is nearly antipodal to Cape Palmas Airport (meaning Cape Palmas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aranuka Airport), and is located 12,108 miles (19,486 kilometers) away in Aranuka, Kiribati.
• Because of Cape Palmas Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Palmas 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.

Facts about Plovdiv Airport (PDV):

• According to British consultants from Airport Strategy & Marketing, which were hired to investigate possibilities for developing new routes, there is big interest from low-cost carriers like Ryanair and Wizz Air.
• Due to its location near the popular ski resorts Bansko and Pamporovo, the airport is most active during the winter season.
• On 2 May 1962 the airport operations moved to the Graf Ignatievo Airbase north of the city.
• In addition to being known as "Plovdiv Airport", other names for PDV include "Krumovo Airport" and "Летище Пловдив".
• Because of Plovdiv Airport's relatively low elevation of 597 feet, planes can take off or land at Plovdiv 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.
• Next to the airbase is the only functional aviation museum in Bulgaria.
• Plovdiv Airport handled 8,752 passengers last year.
• Although the airport is operated by the state-owned Letishte Plovdiv EAD and the runway and the apron are also state-owned, the terminal is partly private.
• Plovdiv airport serves the nearby ski resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, and therefore serves mainly charter flights, during the winter season from the end of December until March.
• The furthest airport from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,355 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Haskovo Malevo Airport (HKV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) E of PDV.
• Plovdiv Airport (PDV) currently has only 1 runway.