Nonstop flight route between Show Low, Arizona, United States and Bangor, Maine, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Show Low Regional Airport (SOW), Show Low, Arizona, United States and Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,284 miles (or 3,676 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 Show Low Regional Airport and Bangor International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOW / KSOW |
| Airport Name: | Show Low Regional Airport |
| Location: | Show Low, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°15'56"N by 110°0'20"W |
| Area Served: | Show Low, Arizona |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Showlow |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6415 feet (1,955 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SOW |
| More Information: | SOW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGR / KBGR |
| Airport Name: | Bangor International Airport |
| Location: | Bangor, Maine, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°48'25"N by 68°49'41"W |
| Area Served: | Bangor, Maine |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGR |
| More Information: | BGR Maps & Info |
Facts about Show Low Regional Airport (SOW):
- Show Low Regional Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles east of the central business district of Show Low, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
- Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of SOW.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,325 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 4,470 enplanements in 2009, and 3,080 in 2010.
- Because of Show Low Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,415 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SOW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SOW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Show Low Regional Airport (SOW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- Because of Bangor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Bangor 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 1968, Dow AFB was closed as an active duty Air Force installation.
- Marketing efforts by airport officials drove annual passengers from 369,000 in 2001 past 480,000 in 2005.
- Bangor also had mainline scheduled jets on Northeast Airlines, and subsequently Delta in the 1970s with flights to PWM and BOS.
- The furthest airport from Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,670 miles (18,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- On July 8, 2010, ten captured Russian spies, were deported on a government-chartered jet that took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport bound for Vienna International Airport, with a stop in Bangor for refueling.
- The closest airport to Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Old Town Municipal Airport (OLD), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NE of BGR.
- Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Just before World War II, Godfrey Field was taken over by the Army Air Corps and became the Bangor Army Air Field.
