Nonstop flight route between Glens Falls, New York, United States and Beauvais, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL), Glens Falls, New York, United States and Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA), Beauvais, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,479 miles (or 5,598 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 Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport and Beauvais–Tillé 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 Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport and Beauvais–Tillé Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFL / KGFL |
| Airport Name: | Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport |
| Location: | Glens Falls, New York, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°20'27"N by 73°36'37"W |
| Area Served: | Glens Falls, New York |
| Operator/Owner: | Warren County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 328 feet (100 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GFL |
| More Information: | GFL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVA / LFOB |
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| Location: | Beauvais, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°27'15"N by 2°6'46"E |
| Area Served: | Beauvais, France |
| Operator/Owner: | Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 359 feet (109 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BVA |
| More Information: | BVA Maps & Info |
Facts about Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL):
- The furthest airport from Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,635 miles (18,725 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The annual Adirondack Balloon Festival is held at this airport.
- The north-facing runway 1 is equipped with an instrument landing system and a medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment lights.
- Because of Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at Floyd Bennett Memorial 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 Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL) is Granville Airport (GFR), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) ENE of GFL.
- Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL) has 2 runways.
Facts about Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA):
- The airport is equipped to handle medium-sized passenger jets.
- The initial German use of the airport was as a bomber base.
- Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Beauvais–Tillé Airport", another name for BVA is "Aéroport de Beauvais-TilléAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-61/B-42".
- Because of Beauvais–Tillé Airport's relatively low elevation of 359 feet, planes can take off or land at Beauvais–Tillé 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.
- Beauvais–Tillé Airport handled 386,256 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (meaning Beauvais–Tillé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,041 miles (19,378 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome (QAM), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of BVA.
- In 1950 the Air Ministry offered to provide the wartime air base to NATO as part of the Cold War development of the alliance.
- It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 3 September 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
