Nonstop flight route between Palmer, Alaska, United States and Brussels, Belgium:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ), Palmer, Alaska, United States and Brussels Airport (BRU), Brussels, Belgium would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,529 miles (or 7,288 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 Palmer Municipal Airport and Brussels 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 Palmer Municipal Airport and Brussels Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ):

• The furthest airport from Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,515 miles (16,922 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ) is Wasilla Airport (WWA), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of PAQ.
• Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ) has 3 runways.
• Because of Palmer Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 242 feet, planes can take off or land at Palmer Municipal 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.

Facts about Brussels Airport (BRU):

• During the boom of commercial aviation in the 1960s and 1970s, several hangars were constructed.
• Pier A is the newest pier on Brussels Airport and was opened on 15 May 2002.
• On 18 February 2013, in the 2013 Belgium diamond heist, eight men armed with automatic weapons and dressed in police uniforms seized 120 small parcels containing an estimated US$50 million worth of diamonds off of a Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 passenger plane loaded with passengers preparing for departure to Zurich, Switzerland.
• The furthest airport from Brussels Airport (BRU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,945 miles (19,223 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Brussels Airport handled 19,133,222 passengers last year.
• Brussels Airport ) is an international airport 6 NM northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
• Brussels Airport (BRU) has 3 runways.
• In March 2009, the old mechanical Flight information display system were replaced by electronic ones.
• After the liberation, the German infrastructure at Melsbroek fell into the hands of the British.
• Because of Brussels Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Brussels 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 Brussels Airport (BRU) is Antwerp International Airport (ANR), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) N of BRU.
• Furthermore, the airport provides meeting facilities and has the ability to host congresses up to 600 participants.
• In 2005, the airport was awarded Best Airport in Europe by Airports Council International/International Air Transport Association, based on a survey conducted with over 100,000 passengers worldwide.
• In addition to being known as "Brussels Airport", another name for BRU is "Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal (Dutch)Aéroport de Bruxelles-National (French)".
• In 1955, a train line connecting the city centre of Brussels with the airport was constructed.