Nonstop flight route between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Bartow, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Plovdiv Airport (PDV), Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), Bartow, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,718 miles (or 9,202 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 Plovdiv Airport and Bartow Municipal 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 Plovdiv Airport and Bartow Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Plovdiv Airport (PDV):

• Plovdiv Airport handled 8,752 passengers last year.
• Next to the airbase is the only functional aviation museum in Bulgaria.
• Domestic scheduled flights were terminated in 1980, but winter charter flights continue to increase which again leads to a relocation of ground facilities as technical buildings, power supply facilities, air traffic control tower and administrative facilities.
• According to British consultants from Airport Strategy & Marketing, which were hired to investigate possibilities for developing new routes, there is big interest from low-cost carriers like Ryanair and Wizz Air.
• The closest airport to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Haskovo Malevo Airport (HKV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) E of PDV.
• The beginning of civil aviation at Plovdiv came with the first test flight between Sofia-Plovdiv-Yambol and Burgas early in 1928.
• Because of Plovdiv Airport's relatively low elevation of 597 feet, planes can take off or land at Plovdiv 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.
• Plovdiv Airport (PDV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Plovdiv Airport", other names for PDV include "Krumovo Airport" and "Летище Пловдив".
• The furthest airport from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,355 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW):

• From 1960 through 1967 the City of Bartow again managed the airport and the aviation facilities were again leased to a fixed base operator.
• Bartow Municipal Airport and Industrial Park has been self-supporting since its inception.
• Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) is Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (GIF), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) NNE of BOW.
• The furthest airport from Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,481 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The base was ordered deactivated on 25 October 1945 and it closed by the end of the year.
• Bartow Municipal is a controlled airport with an FAA Level I contract Air Traffic Control Tower in daily operation 0730 to 1730 local time.
• Because of Bartow Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Bartow 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.