Nonstop flight route between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria and L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,659 miles (or 7,499 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 Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna and L.F. Wade 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 Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna and L.F. Wade International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):

• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
• According to the plan a new Sofia airport terminal was built to the east of the old terminal and a second runway was constructed alongside the existing one.
• The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
• The new tower was officially opened on 7 December 2012.
• 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.
• The new Sofia tower will be situated to the west of Terminal 2 and will be complementing the terminal building in architectural terms.
• On 31 August 2006, Sofia Airport put its new runway system into operation, replacing the old and out-of-date facilities.
• In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".

Facts about L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA):

• On 16 April 2007 the airport was renamed "L.F.
• The airport was a United States government NASA Space Shuttle launch abort site.
• The airport is also active in affairs of the Airports Council International, hosting the industry organisation's Legal Affairs Committee annual meeting in 2005.
• Because of L.F. Wade International Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at L.F. Wade 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.
• The closest airport to L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Billy Mitchell Airport (HNC), which is located 658 miles (1,059 kilometers) WNW of BDA.
• On 6 December 1952 A Cubana de Aviación DC-4 crashed after taking off from the airport killing 37 passengers out of 41 passengers and crew.
• The airfield began life as Kindley Field, a joint US Army Air Forces /Royal Air Force base, during the Second World War.
• The furthest airport from L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Rottnest Airport (RTS), which is nearly antipodal to L.F. Wade International Airport (meaning L.F. Wade International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rottnest Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) currently has only 1 runway.