Nonstop flight route between Koror, Palau and near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), Koror, Palau and Flamingo International Airport (BON), near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,370 miles (or 16,689 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 Roman Tmetuchl International Airport and Flamingo 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 Roman Tmetuchl International Airport and Flamingo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ROR / PTRO | 
| Airport Name: | Roman Tmetuchl International Airport | 
| Location: | Koror, Palau | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°22'1"N by 134°32'39"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Republic of Palau | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 176 feet (54 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ROR | 
| More Information: | ROR Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BON / TNCB | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°7'51"N by 68°16'6"W | 
| Area Served: | Bonaire | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BON | 
| More Information: | BON Maps & Info | 
Facts about Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR):
- The closest airport to Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is located 283 miles (456 kilometers) ENE of ROR.
- Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Roman Tmetuchl International Airport is the main airport of Palau.
- The furthest airport from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR) is Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP), which is nearly antipodal to Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (meaning Roman Tmetuchl International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil.
- Because of Roman Tmetuchl International Airport's relatively low elevation of 176 feet, planes can take off or land at Roman Tmetuchl International 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 Flamingo International Airport (BON):
- Flamingo International Airport (BON) currently has only 1 runway.
- Flamingo Airport is the third largest airport in the former Netherlands Antilles, behind St.Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport and Curacao's Hato International Airport and is the fourth largest between the Caribbean islands of the Dutch Kingdom behind the already mentioned St.
- The first Bonaire-Miami flight took place on April 19, 1980, possible since the runway extension of that year.
- Because of Flamingo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Flamingo International 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.
- Since May 2008, Bonaire International Airport has started with the renovation of the parking places at Flamingo Airport.
- Due to the introduction of this new system, Bonaire International Airport N.V.
- The closest airport to Flamingo International Airport (BON) is Hato International Airport Curaçao International Airport (CUR), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) W of BON.
- The furthest airport from Flamingo International Airport (BON) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to Flamingo International Airport (meaning Flamingo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,535 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
- The Flamingo Airport is large enough to accommodate most international wide-body airliners such as the Boeing 747, the Boeing 777, and the Airbus A340, although the largest wide-body type to operate to Bonaire today is the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, flown by KLM.
- In addition to being known as "Flamingo International Airport", another name for BON is "Bonaire International Airport".
- Between 2000 and 2003 the airport saw a ongoing grow in passengers and freight but some decline since 2004
- Flamingo International Airport handled 462,897 passengers last year.
- American soldiers arrived on Bonaire in the second half of 1943 and their commander stated that a new airport had to be built.




