Nonstop flight route between San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela and Bordeaux / Mérignac, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,700 miles (or 7,564 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 Las Flecheras Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac 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 Las Flecheras Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SFD / SVSR |
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Location: | San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°52'59"N by 67°26'38"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 154 feet (47 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SFD |
More Information: | SFD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOD / LFBD |
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Location: | Bordeaux / Mérignac, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'41"N by 0°42'56"W |
Area Served: | Bordeaux, France |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOD |
More Information: | BOD Maps & Info |
Facts about Las Flecheras Airport (SFD):
- Because of Las Flecheras Airport's relatively low elevation of 154 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Flecheras 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.
- The closest airport to Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Calabozo Airport (CLZ), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) N of SFD.
- In addition to being known as "Las Flecheras Airport", another name for SFD is "Aeropuerto Las Flecheras".
- Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to Las Flecheras Airport (meaning Las Flecheras Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):
- Because of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Bordeaux-Mérignac 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.
- During the early years of the Cold War, Bordeaux-Mérignac was a front-line NATO facility for the United States Air Forces in Europe.
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
- After the war Air France resumed commercial operations out of Mérignac and the re-established French Air Force returned to use the facility.
- The furthest airport from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (meaning Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,215 miles (19,658 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BOD.
- In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.