Nonstop flight route between Eagle, Colorado (near Vail), United States and Bontang, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), Eagle, Colorado (near Vail), United States and Bontang Airport (BXT), Bontang, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,518 miles (or 13,709 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 Eagle County Regional Airport and Bontang 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 Eagle County Regional Airport and Bontang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE):

• The airport is largely seasonal, with the greatest number of scheduled flights operating during the winter months.
• The furthest airport from Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,946 miles (17,617 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The Eagle County Sheriff provides airport security response.
• Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of EGE.
• While there is no standard published ILS approach at the airport, there is a special ILS approach, mostly used by the airlines, which requires permission and training from the FSDO.
• Because of Eagle County Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,547 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EGE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EGE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Eagle County Regional Airport handled 218,105 passengers last year.

Facts about Bontang Airport (BXT):

• Bontang Airport (BXT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bontang Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Bontang 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 furthest airport from Bontang Airport (BXT) is Barcelos Airport (BAZ), which is nearly antipodal to Bontang Airport (meaning Bontang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barcelos Airport), and is located 12,371 miles (19,910 kilometers) away in Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Bontang Airport (BXT) is Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman Airport (BPN), which is located 104 miles (168 kilometers) SSW of BXT.
• In addition to being known as "Bontang Airport", other names for BXT include "Bandar Udara Bontang", "Lapangan Terbang Bontang" and "WALC".