Nonstop flight route between Bangkok, Thailand and Norman, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK), Bangkok, Thailand and University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport (OUN), Norman, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,851 miles (or 14,244 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK):

• The airport inherited the airport code, BKK, from Don Mueang after the older airport ceased international commercial flights.
• In addition to being known as "Suvarnabhumi Airport", other names for NBK include "ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ" and "BKK".
• Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) has 2 runways.
• Suvarnabhumi Airport's main terminal roof is designed with structural elements and bays placed in a cantilevered, wavelike form to appear to "float" over the concourse beneath.
• The airport has two parallel runways and two parallel taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals.
• Because of Suvarnabhumi Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Suvarnabhumi 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 closest airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NBK.
• Symbolic first test flights involving two Thai Airways aircraft were held on 29 September 2005, a previously announced deadline for opening.
• Planning of a second international airport for Bangkok started in the early 1960s.
• The furthest airport from Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning Suvarnabhumi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• Months into its opening, issues such as congestion, construction quality, signage, provision of facilities, and soil subsidence continued to plague the project, prompting calls to reopen Don Mueang to allow for repairs to be done.

Facts about University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport (OUN):

• The furthest airport from University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport (OUN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,853 miles (17,467 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport (OUN) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to University of Oklahoma Max Westheimer Airport (OUN) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NW of OUN.
• Built as a civil airport on land donated by the Nuestadt family in the name of their uncle Max Westheimer to the University of Oklahoma and land from the city of Norman, Oklahoma, it was taken over by the U.S.