Nonstop flight route between Fiumicino (near Rome), Italy and Wichita, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO), Fiumicino (near Rome), Italy and Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,387 miles (or 8,670 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 Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and Wichita Mid-Continent 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 Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO):

• In May 2006, Italy's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it took off the limitation of 3 ramp handlers in Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport.
• In 2000, the new domestic Terminal A opened, and the terminal buildings, then consisting of Terminal A, Terminal AA, Terminal B, and Terminal C, were reorganized.
• The furthest airport from Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport or Rome Fiumicino Airport, also simply known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy's largest airport with 37.7 million passengers served in 2011.
• In addition to being known as "Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport", another name for FCO is "Fiumicino – Aeroporto Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci".
• The closest airport to Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) is Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) E of FCO.
• Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal.
• Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) has 4 runways.
• Because of Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci 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.
• Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport handled 36,166,345 passengers last year.

Facts about Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT):

• The furthest airport from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,746 miles (17,294 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The new terminal will be just west of the present terminal.
• Gate 9, not used by any airline for several years, due to its smaller size and lack of a boarding bridge.
• Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) is McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of ICT.
• On December 13, 2013, Terry Lee Loewen, an avionics technician, was arrested for attempting to bomb the airport.
• The original terminal was eventually acquired by the City of Wichita in 1980.