Nonstop flight route between Wilmington, Ohio, United States and Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wilmington Air Park (ILN), Wilmington, Ohio, United States and Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,947 miles (or 4,743 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 Air Park and Johan Adolf Pengel International 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 Air Park and Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wilmington Air Park (ILN):

• A comprehensive Redevelopment Study for the Wilmington Air Park was completed in December of 2011.
• The closest airport to Wilmington Air Park (ILN) is Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of ILN.
• The base was decommissioned as an Air Force installation in 1972 and the Community Improvement Corporation began developing the area as the Wilmington Industrial Air Park.
• The airport opened in 1929 and a small hangar was built in 1930.
• The furthest airport from Wilmington Air Park (ILN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,326 miles (18,227 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Wilmington Air Park (ILN) has 2 runways.

Facts about Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM):

• The closest airport to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of PBM.
• Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, is an airport located in the town of Zanderij, 45 kilometres south of Paramaribo.
• With the end of World War II Zandery Airfield was reduced in scope to a skeleton staff.
• The furthest airport from Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (meaning Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• Because of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Johan Adolf Pengel 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.
• Just before the Pearl Harbor Attack, on 3 December, the 99th Squadron was ordered to distant Zandery Field, Dutch Guiana under an agreement with the Netherlands government-in-exile, by which the United States occupied the colony to protect bauxite mines.