Nonstop flight route between Riverside, California, United States and Sofia, Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL), Riverside, California, United States and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,591 miles (or 10,608 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 Riverside Municipal Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna, 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 Riverside Municipal Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RAL / KRAL |
Airport Name: | Riverside Municipal Airport |
Location: | Riverside, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°57'6"N by 117°26'41"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Riverside |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 818 feet (249 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from RAL |
More Information: | RAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOF / LBSF |
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Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°41'42"N by 23°24'29"E |
Area Served: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Operator/Owner: | Sofia Airport EAD |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1742 feet (531 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SOF |
More Information: | SOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL):
- Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL) has 2 runways.
- The crosswind runway, RWY 16-34, is suited for smaller aircraft.
- Because of Riverside Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 818 feet, planes can take off or land at Riverside 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.
- Scheduled flights to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport on Western Express Air ended when that airline ceased operations at the end of May 2007.
- Should there be plans to expand, the Airport's Master Plan supports lengthening runway 9/27 to 6,153 feet.
- The closest airport to Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL) is Flabob Airport (RIR), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NE of RAL.
- The furthest airport from Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,462 miles (18,446 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the Second World War, the facilities were used by the military.
- Service life of the new airport control tower will be more than 40 years and is designed to serve the airport with a possible extension.
- The Government terminal is located in the western side of Sofia Airport.
- Lufthansa Technik Sofia was founded in late 2007 as a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and the Bulgarian Aviation Group.
- The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
- A lot of consideration has been given to the design of the layout, the functional definition of the working positions, the operations room surface area for ANS provision and meteorological observation, as well as to the requirements for visibility to the runway and the approaches and access to an open observation platform.
- In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
- A significant and recurring operational criticism of Sofia Airport has concerned its historical lack of all-weather operations capability.
- The furthest airport from Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,437 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.