Nonstop flight route between Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States and Bangor, Maine, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States and Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 855 miles (or 1,376 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 Simmons Army Airfield and Bangor International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FBG / KFBG |
Airport Name: | Simmons Army Airfield |
Location: | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°7'54"N by 78°56'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Army ATCA-ASO |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 244 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FBG |
More Information: | FBG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGR / KBGR |
Airport Name: | Bangor International Airport |
Location: | Bangor, Maine, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°48'25"N by 68°49'41"W |
Area Served: | Bangor, Maine |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGR |
More Information: | BGR Maps & Info |
Facts about Simmons Army Airfield (FBG):
- On May 1953 Fort Bragg engineers completed final plans for an expanded field and started construction the next summer.
- The closest airport to Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) is Pope Field (POB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) WNW of FBG.
- The furthest airport from Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,634 miles (18,723 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Simmons Army Airfield (FBG) currently has only 1 runway.
- By 2002 Simmons AAF had more than 180 aircraft, along with UH-60 and AH-64 flight simulators.
- As part of Exercise Test Drop in August 1952, the 406th Engineer Brigade constructed an airfield in the vicinity of Smith Lake on land acquired by Fort Bragg.
- Because of Simmons Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 244 feet, planes can take off or land at Simmons Army Airfield 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.
- During July 1965 the 116th Assault Helicopter Company formed at Simmons and trained for duty in Vietnam.
- By 1965 Simmons comprised 23 permanent buildings, which remain in use.
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- Decades ago, British Airways offered regular service from Bangor.
- Because of Bangor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Bangor 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.
- Bangor International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport 3 miles west of the city of Bangor, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
- From the 1970s into the 1990s, the airport attracted 3,000 to 5,000 commercial flights a year, mostly charter jetliners flying between Europe and the West Coast of the United States, or the Caribbean and Mexico.
- In 1968, Dow AFB was closed as an active duty Air Force installation.
- The furthest airport from Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,670 miles (18,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Marketing efforts by airport officials drove annual passengers from 369,000 in 2001 past 480,000 in 2005.
- The closest airport to Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Old Town Municipal Airport (OLD), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NE of BGR.
- The airport owes its prosperity to its location on major air corridors between Europe and the East Coast of the United States.
- Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.