Nonstop flight route between Freetown, Sierra Leone and Belmar/Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lungi International Airport (FNA), Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM), Belmar/Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,310 miles (or 6,936 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 Lungi International Airport and Monmouth Executive 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 Lungi International Airport and Monmouth Executive Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lungi International Airport (FNA):

• The furthest airport from Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is nearly antipodal to Lungi International Airport (meaning Lungi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ulawa Airport), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands.
• Lungi International Airport handled 167,911 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Hastings Airport (HGS), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSE of FNA.
• Because of Lungi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Lungi 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.
• As of May, 2014 the airport had regularly scheduled direct flights to London, Paris, Brussels and most major cities in West Africa.
• Lungi International Airport (FNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Passengers have the choice of ferry, the new Pelican Water Taxi or an ex-Isle of Wight Hovercraft docked in the Aberdeen district of Freetown to cross the bay to Freetown.

Facts about Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM):

• On February 15, 2010, a small aircraft, identified as a Cessna 337, crashed on approach to the airport, killing all five people on board.
• Because of Monmouth Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 153 feet, planes can take off or land at Monmouth Executive 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 Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SW of BLM.
• Monmouth Executive Airport covers an area of 850 acres at an elevation of 153 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,770 miles (18,942 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In an analysis conducted by the Regional Plan Association in 2011, Monmouth Executive scored highly as a potential airport for commercial flights to expand capacity and relieve aviation congestion in the New York metropolitan area.
• Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM) has 2 runways.