Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Bangassou, Central African Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Bangassou Airport (BGU), Bangassou, Central African Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,349 miles (or 10,218 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 LaGuardia Airport and Bangassou 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 LaGuardia Airport and Bangassou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• Terminal C, the 300,000-square-foot, designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates Architects and Planners, was opened September 12, 1992, at a cost of $250 million.
• The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.
• The airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939, as the New York Municipal Airport and opened for business on December 2 of that year.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• LaGuardia has also been criticized for some of its outdated facilities.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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 late 2006, construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Bangassou Airport (BGU):

• Bangassou Airport (BGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bangassou Airport", another name for BGU is "Bangassou Airport (Bangassou)".
• The closest airport to Bangassou Airport (BGU) is Bakouma Airport (BMF), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) N of BGU.
• The furthest airport from Bangassou Airport (BGU) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is located 11,972 miles (19,266 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.