Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Boende, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Boende Airport (BNB), Boende, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,480 miles (or 10,428 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 Boende 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 Boende 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):

• The current site of the airport was originally used by the Gala Amusement Park, owned by the Steinway family.
• As a result of a slot-swap deal between Delta Air Lines and US Airways, as of July 2012, Delta occupies the majority of the terminal.
• 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.
• LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other, the longest being 6,000 ft.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• Newspaper accounts alternately referred to the airfield as New York Municipal Airport and LaGuardia Field until the modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to Port of New York Authority control under a lease with New York City on June 1, 1947.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.

Facts about Boende Airport (BNB):

• The furthest airport from Boende Airport (BNB) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Boende Airport (meaning Boende Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,267 miles (19,742 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Boende Airport (BNB) is Basankusu Airport (BSU), which is located 129 miles (207 kilometers) NW of BNB.