Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Benguera Island, Mozambique:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Benguerra Island Airport (BCW), Benguera Island, Mozambique would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,132 miles (or 16,306 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Benguerra Island 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Benguerra Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):

• During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion to both terminals as well as runway extension.
• Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
• Charles Lindbergh visited Woodward Field in 1927 drawing many spectators to see The Spirit of St.
• The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Delta Air Lines' Sky Club, located between concourses C and D, is the only lounge at this airport.
• As of April 2013 there were over 645 scheduled airline departures and arrivals per day to 89 nonstop cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as a daily nonstop to Paris.
• In 1911 a site for an air field was chosen on Basque Flats, named for Spanish-French sheep herders who worked the fields in the then-desolate area of the Salt Lake Valley.
• Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
• Despite being the twenty-eighth busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft operations, the airport still maintains a large general aviation presence.

Facts about Benguerra Island Airport (BCW):

• The closest airport to Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) is Indigo Bay Lodge Airport (IBL), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of BCW.
• Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,744 miles (18,900 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.