Nonstop flight route between Wilmington, Delaware, United States and Braga, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport (ILG), Wilmington, Delaware, United States and Braga Airport (BGZ), Braga, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,432 miles (or 5,523 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 Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport and Braga 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 Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport and Braga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ILG / KILG |
Airport Name: | Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport |
Location: | Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°40'42"N by 75°36'24"W |
Area Served: | Wilmington, Delaware |
Operator/Owner: | New Castle County, Delaware |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 80 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from ILG |
More Information: | ILG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGZ / LPBR |
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Location: | Braga, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°35'12"N by 8°26'42"W |
Area Served: | Braga, Portugal |
Elevation: | 243 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGZ |
More Information: | BGZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport (ILG):
- Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport (ILG) has 3 runways.
- United Airlines served Wilmington until 1991.
- Because of Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional 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 Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport (ILG) is Philadelphia Seaplane BaseChandler Field (PSQ), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NE of ILG.
- In the late 1990s the county leased the debt-stricken airport to the bi-state Delaware River and Bay Authority, operators of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, on a thirty-year lease with the provision that the DRBA may seek up to two additional thirty-year leases.
- The furthest airport from Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport (ILG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,724 miles (18,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- From 1991 through 1998, again from 2000 to 2006, and from April 2008 until July 1, 2013, Delaware was the only U.S.
- Shuttle America offered scheduled flights out of Wilmington from the airline's founding in November 1998 until February 2000.
- Frontier Airlines, which calls the airport "Wilmington/Philadelphia", started service to the airport in July 2013.
Facts about Braga Airport (BGZ):
- Braga Airport (BGZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Braga Airport's relatively low elevation of 243 feet, planes can take off or land at Braga 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.
- In addition to being known as "Braga Airport", another name for BGZ is "Aeródromo Municipal de Braga".
- The closest airport to Braga Airport (BGZ) is Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSW of BGZ.
- The furthest airport from Braga Airport (BGZ) is Westport Airport (WSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Braga Airport (meaning Braga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Westport Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Westport, New Zealand.