Nonstop flight route between Jerusalem, Israel and Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Atarot Airport (JRS), Jerusalem, Israel and Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,588 miles (or 8,993 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 Atarot Airport and Bradley 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 Atarot Airport and Bradley 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 Atarot Airport (JRS):

• In the 1970s and early 1980s, Israel invested considerable resources in upgrading the airport and creating the infrastructure for a full-fledged international airport but the international aviation authorities bowed to Arab political pressure and would not allow international flights to land there.
• Atarot Airport (JRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Atarot Airport", other names for JRS include "Jerusalem International Airport (TEMPORARILY CLOSED)", "נמל התעופה ירושלים" and "LLJR, OJJR".
• The closest airport to Atarot Airport (JRS) is Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WNW of JRS.
• The airport is sometimes shown with two different ICAO codes.
• The furthest airport from Atarot Airport (JRS) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,670 miles (18,781 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.

Facts about Bradley International Airport (BDL):

• Bradley International Airport (BDL) has 3 runways.
• In 1971 the Murphy Terminal was expanded with an International Arrivals wing.
• Because of Bradley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Bradley 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 Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Rentschler Heliport (EHT), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of BDL.
• In 1952 the Murphy Terminal was opened.
• On June 21, 2011, the new Boeing 747-8 stopped at Bradley on its introductory world tour, it was the 747-8F cargo variant.
• In July 2007, Northwest Airlines commenced nonstop service from Bradley International Airport to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, the airline normally flew a Boeing 757-200 on the Hartford-Amsterdam route but more than once substituted with a slightly larger 757-300, these 757 variants became the largest scheduled passenger aircraft to fly out of Bradley.
• The now defunct Bradlees department store chain was named after the airport, when investors held a meeting there.
• The furthest airport from Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,740 miles (18,894 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.