Nonstop flight route between Pardubice, Czech Republic and Billings, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pardubice Airport (PED), Pardubice, Czech Republic and Billings Logan International Airport (BIL), Billings, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,024 miles (or 8,086 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 Pardubice Airport and Billings Logan International 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 Pardubice Airport and Billings Logan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pardubice Airport (PED):

• Pardubice Airport (PED) currently has only 1 runway.
• During World War II the airport served for training of Luftwaffe pilots, toward the end of the war for combat operations, and was destroyed by bombing.
• In addition to being known as "Pardubice Airport", another name for PED is "Letiště Pardubice".
• Because of Pardubice Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Pardubice 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.
• In 1910 Jan Kašpar, an engineer and aviation enthusiast, and his cousin Eugen Čihák, bought a Bleriot XI aeroplane and started with flight experiments on the local military exercise ground in Pardubice.
• The closest airport to Pardubice Airport (PED) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) WNW of PED.
• Pardubice Airport handled 125 passengers last year.
• In 2007 the airport handled a peak of 93,659 of passengers and 888 tonnes of cargo.
• The furthest airport from Pardubice Airport (PED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Billings Logan International Airport (BIL):

• The closest airport to Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) is Roundup Airport (RPX), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) N of BIL.
• Billings Logan International Airport is two miles northwest of downtown Billings, in Yellowstone County, Montana.
• Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) has 3 runways.
• The first recorded flight in Billings was in 1912 by a local dentist named Dr.
• Improvements over the years include runway lights in 1935 to the new 120-foot air traffic control tower in 2005.
• The furthest airport from Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,579 miles (17,025 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The name changed from the Billings Municipal Airport to Billings Logan Field in 1957, after Dick Logan, the airport manager, died.
• Billings Logan International Airport has three runways.
• Billings Logan International Airport handled 899,302 passengers last year.