Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Cayman Islands and Bora Bora, French Polynesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM), Georgetown, Cayman Islands and Bora Bora Airport (BOB), Bora Bora, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,380 miles (or 8,658 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 Owen Roberts International Airport and Bora Bora 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 Owen Roberts International Airport and Bora Bora Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM):

• The furthest airport from Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,931 miles (19,202 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Owen Roberts International Airport is an airport located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
• Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Owen Roberts International Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Owen Roberts 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.
• The closest airport to Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) is Edward Bodden Airfield - Little Cayman (LYB), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) ENE of GCM.
• Additional renovations completed in 2012 include refurbishing the departure hall interior and livening up the passport control and customs hall with aquatic paintings and use of an aggressive digital advertising campaign in the baggage claim area.

Facts about Bora Bora Airport (BOB):

• The furthest airport from Bora Bora Airport (BOB) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Bora Bora Airport (meaning Bora Bora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• The closest airport to Bora Bora Airport (BOB) is Maupiti Airport (MAU), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) W of BOB.
• Bora Bora Airport (BOB) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Bora Bora Airport", another name for BOB is "Aéroport de Bora Bora".
• Bora Bora Airport handled 254,967 passengers last year.
• Because of Bora Bora Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Bora Bora 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.