Nonstop flight route between Bo, Sierra Leone and Maitland, New South Wales, Australia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from KBS to MTL:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- KBS Airport Information
- MTL Airport Information
- Facts about KBS
- Facts about MTL
- Map of Nearest Airports to KBS
- List of Nearest Airports to KBS
- Map of Furthest Airports from KBS
- List of Furthest Airports from KBS
- Map of Nearest Airports to MTL
- List of Nearest Airports to MTL
- Map of Furthest Airports from MTL
- List of Furthest Airports from MTL
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bo Airport (KBS), Bo, Sierra Leone and Maitland Airport (MTL), Maitland, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,418 miles (or 16,765 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 Bo Airport and Maitland 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 Bo Airport and Maitland Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KBS / GFBO |
| Airport Name: | Bo Airport |
| Location: | Bo, Sierra Leone |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°56'38"N by 11°45'42"W |
| Area Served: | Bo |
| Operator/Owner: | Sierra Leonean Airports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 328 feet (100 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KBS |
| More Information: | KBS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MTL / YMND |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°42'11"S by 151°29'17"E |
| Area Served: | Maitland, Lower Hunter Valley |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MTL |
| More Information: | MTL Maps & Info |
Facts about Bo Airport (KBS):
- Because of Bo Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at Bo 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.
- Bo Airport (KBS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bo Airport (KBS) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Bo Airport (meaning Bo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,040 miles (19,376 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
- The closest airport to Bo Airport (KBS) is Kenema Airport (KEN), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) E of KBS.
Facts about Maitland Airport (MTL):
- Because of Maitland Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Maitland 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.
- During the 1980s, a local company called Club Air linked the airport with Sydney using two 14 seat Australian built GAF Nomad aircraft.
- The closest airport to Maitland Airport (MTL) is Cessnock Airport (CES), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SW of MTL.
- Maitland Airport (MTL) has 3 runways.
- Action Aerobatics are based at the airport and offer advanced aerobatic flight training, as well as aerobatic joy flights.
- The furthest airport from Maitland Airport (MTL) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Maitland Airport (meaning Maitland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,086 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- In addition to being known as "Maitland Airport", another name for MTL is "Russell Field".
