Nonstop flight route between Maribor, Slovenia and Bettles, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), Maribor, Slovenia and Bettles Airport (BTT), Bettles, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,573 miles (or 7,360 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 Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and Bettles 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 Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and Bettles Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX):

• The closest airport to Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Graz Airport (GRZ), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNW of MBX.
• When Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia, the airport was regularly served by state airline JAT, connecting mainly Belgrade and the Croatian Adriatic coast.
• The airport's new Terminal, costing some 15 million Euros, was opened on 21 November 2012.
• Because of Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport's relatively low elevation of 876 feet, planes can take off or land at Maribor Edvard Rusjan 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 furthest airport from Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,818 miles (19,019 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport", another name for MBX is "Letališče Edvarda Rusjana Maribor".

Facts about Bettles Airport (BTT):

• The furthest airport from Bettles Airport (BTT) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,159 miles (16,349 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Bettles Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Bettles, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S.
• The closest airport to Bettles Airport (BTT) is Prospect Creek Airport (PPC), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) ESE of BTT.
• Because of Bettles Airport's relatively low elevation of 647 feet, planes can take off or land at Bettles 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.
• On October 30, 1970, Douglas C-47B N99663 of Frontier Flying Service was written off in a landing accident.
• Bettles Airport (BTT) has 3 runways.