Nonstop flight route between Sofia, Bulgaria and Fryeburg, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria and Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY), Fryeburg, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,455 miles (or 7,170 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 Eastern Slopes Regional 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 Eastern Slopes Regional 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):

• Options for different airport developments began to be examined in the mid-1960s.
• During the Second World War, the facilities were used by the military.
• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
• The terminal had substantially reached its capacity of some 600,000 passengers a year by the later 1960s and was subjected to a number of refurbishments and extensions beginning in the spring of 1968.
• In 2004 Strabag demanded an additional 6 million euro due to rising steel prices.
• 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.
• Lufthansa Technik Sofia was founded in late 2007 as a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and the Bulgarian Aviation Group.
• The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
• In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
• The manager will have full visibility over the airport, to guide aircraft landing and taking off.
• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY):

• The closest airport to Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) is Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) E of FRY.
• Because of Eastern Slopes Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Eastern Slopes Regional 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 furthest airport from Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,670 miles (18,781 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Eastern Slopes Regional Airport, also known as Eastern Slopes State Airport, is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Fryeburg, a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Eastern Slopes Regional Airport", another name for FRY is "IZG".
• Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Until 2004, the airport served very little purpose except to Dearborn Precision Tubular Products, which used it as a cargo stop.