Nonstop flight route between Jos, Nigeria and Burlington, Vermont, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS), Jos, Nigeria and Burlington International Airport (BTV), Burlington, Vermont, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,361 miles (or 8,627 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 Yakubu Gowon Airport and Burlington 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 Yakubu Gowon Airport and Burlington 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 Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS):

• The furthest airport from Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Yakubu Gowon Airport (meaning Yakubu Gowon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,151 miles (19,555 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
• The closest airport to Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) is Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) WSW of JOS.
• Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yakubu Gowon Airport's high elevation of 4,232 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JOS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JOS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Burlington International Airport (BTV):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 640,790 passenger boardings in calendar year 2010, a decrease of 8.5% from the 700,592 enplanements in 2009.
• As a Burlington-owned facility, the airport purchases its electricity from the city-owned utility.
• From 2000 to 2008, the airport experienced an increase in growth and service.
• The furthest airport from Burlington International Airport (BTV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,586 miles (18,646 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Burlington International Airport (BTV) is Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NW of BTV.
• The show itself and involvement of the V-ANGCF was approved in November with the event dubbed "Wings over Vermont", a website was constructed and it was stated that rather than taking place at the airport, the show would instead be performed over the waterfront at Lake Champlain.
• Because of Burlington International Airport's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at Burlington 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.
• In 2010, a city-owned cable provider was unable to pay the city of Burlington $17 million it owed.
• Burlington International Airport (BTV) has 2 runways.