Nonstop flight route between Medina, Saudi Arabia and Beauvais, France:
Departure Airport:
(24°33'11"N by 39°42'17"E)
Arrival Airport:
(49°27'15"N by 2°6'46"E)
Distance from MED to BVA:
2,649.50 miles (4,263.94 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED), Medina, Saudi Arabia and Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA), Beauvais, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,649 miles (or 4,264 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 Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport and Beauvais–Tillé Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MED / OEMA |
| Airport Name: | Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport |
| Location: | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°33'11"N by 39°42'17"E |
| Area Served: | Medina |
| Operator/Owner: | TIBAH Airports Operation Co. Ltd (TAV) |
| Airport Type: | Privatized |
| Elevation: | 2151 feet (656 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MED |
| More Information: | MED Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVA / LFOB |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Beauvais, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°27'15"N by 2°6'46"E |
| Area Served: | Beauvais, France |
| Operator/Owner: | Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 359 feet (109 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BVA |
| More Information: | BVA Maps & Info |
Facts about Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED):
- The closest airport to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Yanbu International Airport (YNB), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) WSW of MED.
- On 5 January 2014, a Saudia Boeing 767-300, flight SV2841 from Mashhad, Iran made an emergency landing after one of its main landing gear failed to deploy.
- Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Tureira Airport (ZTA), which is nearly antipodal to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (meaning Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tureira Airport), and is located 12,153 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
- It is the fourth busiest airport in Saudi Arabia, handling 1,592,000 passengers in 2004, including 378,715 Hajj charter passengers.
- Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport handled 1,592,000 passengers last year.
Facts about Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA):
- In addition to being known as "Beauvais–Tillé Airport", another name for BVA is "Aéroport de Beauvais-TilléAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-61/B-42".
- Beauvais–Tillé Airport handled 386,256 passengers last year.
- In 1956 for Beauvais–Tillé was rebuilt as a civil airport and reopened for commercial use.
- Beauvais–Tillé Airport or Aéroport de Beauvais-Tillé is an airport near the city of Beauvais in France.
- The closest airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome (QAM), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of BVA.
- In response to the interceptor attacks, Beauvais was attacked by USAAF Ninth Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers with 500-pound general-purpose bombs, unguided rockets and.50 caliber machine gun sweeps when Eighth Air Force heavy bombers were within interception range of the Luftwaffe aircraft assigned to the base.
- Because of Beauvais–Tillé Airport's relatively low elevation of 359 feet, planes can take off or land at Beauvais–Tillé 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 Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (meaning Beauvais–Tillé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,041 miles (19,378 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) has 2 runways.
- Beauvais was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 107.14 miles (172.42 km) WSW | Yanbu International Airport (YNB) | Yanbu (Yenbo), Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia |     |
| 2 | 201.60 miles (324.44 km) S | King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | |
| 3 | 218.68 miles (351.93 km) SSE | Ta'if Regional Airport (TIF) | Ta'if, Saudi Arabia | |
| 4 | 234.20 miles (376.91 km) NNE | Ha'il Regional Airport (HAS) | Ha'il, Saudi Arabia | |
| 5 | 277.73 miles (446.96 km) E | Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) | Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia | |
| 6 | 281.18 miles (452.51 km) ENE | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ) | Buraidah, Saudi Arabia | |
| 7 | 303.42 miles (488.30 km) W | Marsa Alam (RMF) | Marsa Alam, Egypt | |
| 8 | 318.89 miles (513.21 km) SSE | Al-Baha Domestic Airport (ABT) | Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia | |
| 9 | 325.26 miles (523.46 km) NW | Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU) | Tabuk, Saudi Arabia | |
| 10 | 362.29 miles (583.04 km) N | Al-Jawf Domestic Airport (AJF) | Al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia | |
| 11 | 362.29 miles (583.04 km) N | Al-Jawf Domestic Airport (AJO) | Aljouf, Yemen | |
| 12 | 366.60 miles (589.99 km) SSE | Bisha Domestic Airport (BHH) | Bisha, Saudi Arabia | |
| 13 | 387.51 miles (623.63 km) SSW | Port Sudan New International Airport (PZU) | Port Sudan, Sudan | |
| 14 | 405.15 miles (652.03 km) NW | Sharm el-Sheikh International Airpoirt (SSH) | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | |
| 15 | 409.44 miles (658.93 km) WNW | Hurghada International Airport (HRG) | Hurghada, Egypt | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,153.16 miles (19,558.57 km) SSW | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 12,080.15 miles (19,441.07 km) WSW | Totegegie Airport (GMR) | Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 12,059.94 miles (19,408.55 km) SSW | Nukutavake Airport (NUK) | Nukutavake, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 4 | 11,987.22 miles (19,291.51 km) S | Hao Airport (HOI) | Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 11,955.83 miles (19,240.99 km) SSW | Pukarua Airport (PUK) | Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 6 | 11,845.18 miles (19,062.93 km) SSE | Makemo Airport (MKP) | Makemo, French Polynesia | |
| 7 | 11,836.06 miles (19,048.24 km) SE | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 8 | 11,832.34 miles (19,042.26 km) SSE | Raroia Airport (RRR) | Raroia, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 11,832.15 miles (19,041.95 km) S | Fangatau Airport (FGU) | Fangatau, French Polynesia | |
| 10 | 11,754.71 miles (18,917.32 km) SSE | Fakarava Airport (FAV) | Fakarava, Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 11 | 11,720.35 miles (18,862.02 km) E | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 12 | 11,700.41 miles (18,829.94 km) SSE | Apataki Airport (APK) | Apataki, French Polynesia | |
| 13 | 11,674.01 miles (18,787.45 km) SSE | Arutua Airport (AXR) | Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 11,666.20 miles (18,774.89 km) SE | Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia | |
| 15 | 11,655.62 miles (18,757.86 km) SE | Moorea Airport (MOZ) | Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 31.42 miles (50.56 km) NNE | Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome (QAM) | Amiens, France | |
| 2 | 36.46 miles (58.68 km) SSE | Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) | Paris, France | |
| 3 | 36.65 miles (58.98 km) SSE | Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG) | Le Bourget (near Paris), France | |
| 4 | 41.98 miles (67.56 km) W | Rouen Airport (URO) | Rouen, France | |
| 5 | 48.58 miles (78.18 km) S | Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) | Toussus-le-Noble, France | |
| 6 | 49.19 miles (79.17 km) NNW | Aerodrome Abbeville (XAB) | Abbeville, France | |
| 7 | 49.88 miles (80.28 km) SW | Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX) | Évreux / Fauville, France | |
| 8 | 51.94 miles (83.58 km) SSE | Paris Orly Airport (ORY) | Paris-Orly, Paris, France | |
| 9 | 62.11 miles (99.96 km) ESE | Château-Thierry - Belleau Aerodrome (XCY) | Château-Thierry, France | |
| 10 | 67.47 miles (108.58 km) NNE | Arras - Roclincourt Airport (QRV) | Arras / Roclincourt, France | |
| 11 | 73.79 miles (118.76 km) SSW | Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) | Chartres, France | |
| 12 | 76.36 miles (122.90 km) NNW | Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France | |
| 13 | 83.64 miles (134.61 km) NNE | Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) | Merville / Calonne, France | |
| 14 | 85.00 miles (136.79 km) NE | Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) | Valenciennes, France | |
| 15 | 87.74 miles (141.20 km) E | Reims-Champagne Air Base (RHE) | Reims, France | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,040.97 miles (19,378.01 km) S | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,834.31 miles (19,045.43 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,832.35 miles (19,042.27 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,823.09 miles (19,027.38 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,816.24 miles (19,016.35 km) SE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,812.39 miles (19,010.15 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,802.71 miles (18,994.58 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,773.40 miles (18,947.40 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,773.26 miles (18,947.19 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,772.03 miles (18,945.20 km) SSE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,768.67 miles (18,939.79 km) E | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,765.42 miles (18,934.56 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,759.38 miles (18,924.84 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,752.74 miles (18,914.16 km) ESE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,752.44 miles (18,913.67 km) SSE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |