Nonstop flight route between Baghdad, Iraq and Rouen, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baghdad International Airport (SDA), Baghdad, Iraq and Rouen Airport (URO), Rouen, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,453 miles (or 3,948 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 relatively short distance between Baghdad International Airport and Rouen Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Baghdad International Airport (SDA):

• Civilian control of the airport was returned to the Iraqi Government in 2004.
• Baghdad International Airport, is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about 16 km west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate.
• The furthest airport from Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Baghdad International Airport", other names for SDA include "مطار بغداد الدولي", "Matar Baġdād ad-Dowaly" and "BGW".
• Baghdad International Airport (SDA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Baghdad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 114 feet, planes can take off or land at Baghdad 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.
• In April 2003, US-led forces invaded Iraq and changed the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.
• The closest airport to Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Baghdad International Airport (BGW), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SDA.
• The present airport was developed under a consortium led by French company, Spie Batignolles, under an agreement made in 1979.
• Most of Baghdad's civil flights stopped in 1991, when the United Nations imposed restrictions on Iraq after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.

Facts about Rouen Airport (URO):

• Because of Rouen Airport's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at Rouen 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 addition to being known as "Rouen Airport", another name for URO is "Aéroport de Rouen - Vallée de Seine".
• The closest airport to Rouen Airport (URO) is Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of URO.
• The furthest airport from Rouen Airport (URO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Rouen Airport (meaning Rouen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,035 miles (19,369 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Rouen Airport (URO) currently has only 1 runway.