Nonstop flight route between Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Graz, Austria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bowman Field (LOU), Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Graz Airport (GRZ), Graz, Austria would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,806 miles (or 7,734 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 Bowman Field and Graz 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 Bowman Field and Graz Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bowman Field (LOU):

• Bowman found an outlet for his enthusiasm after meeting and forming a brief partnership with Louisvillian Robert H.
• During World War II, Bowman Field was one of the nation's most important training bases as well as the nation's busiest airport.
• Because of Bowman Field's relatively low elevation of 546 feet, planes can take off or land at Bowman Field 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.
• Bowman Field (LOU) has 2 runways.
• Bowman Field is operated by the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, which also operates Louisville International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Bowman Field (LOU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,243 miles (18,093 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1988 three adjacent buildings at the airport were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Bowman Field Historic District.
• The closest airport to Bowman Field (LOU) is Louisville International Airport (SDF), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SW of LOU.
• Today Bowman Field is home to hundreds of privately owned aircraft as well as several commercial operations, including Central American Airways, which opened its doors in 1946, Falcon Aviation, Aero Club of Louisville, Inc., and Louisville Executive Aviation.

Facts about Graz Airport (GRZ):

• In spring 2014 the airport's home carrier Austrian Airlines announced the closure of their ticketing and service counters at Graz Airport due to decreasing demand, additional services will be instead provided directly at the check-in counters.
• Graz Airport consists of one modern passenger terminal building which features some shops, restaurants and service counters.
• In addition to being known as "Graz Airport", another name for GRZ is "Flughafen Graz".
• The furthest airport from Graz Airport (GRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In the last few years the airport has been struggeling with decreasing passenger numbers.
• Graz Airport (GRZ) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Graz Airport (GRZ) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSE of GRZ.