Nonstop flight route between Split, Croatia and Bangor, Maine, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Split Airport (SPU), Split, Croatia and Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,011 miles (or 6,455 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 Split Airport and Bangor 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 Split Airport and Bangor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SPU / LDSP |
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| Location: | Split, Croatia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°32'20"N by 16°17'53"E |
| Area Served: | Split/Kaštela/Trogir |
| Operator/Owner: | Split Airport Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 78 feet (24 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SPU |
| More Information: | SPU 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 Split Airport (SPU):
- In 1991 the passenger figures dropped almost to zero, as the war in the former Yugoslavia broke out.
- In addition to being known as "Split Airport", another name for SPU is "Zračna luka Split".
- The closest airport to Split Airport (SPU) is Bol Airport (BWK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SPU.
- Split Airport (SPU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The apron was already constructed in 2011 with the capacity slightly over the old one but with better security conditions.
- Split Airport can be reached by bus, taxi or car rentals.
- Because of Split Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Split 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 2005 the terminal got a major facelift, adding one more gate, the glass facade, as well as the steel/fabric palms illuminated by multi-colour LEDs.
- The furthest airport from Split Airport (SPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,800 miles (18,990 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Split Airport handled 1,581,734 passengers last year.
- The current airport was opened on 25 November 1966.
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- In the 1950s and 1960s, Bangor was a destination for Northeast Airlines before its merger into Delta.
- 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.
- 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.
- Just before World War II, Godfrey Field was taken over by the Army Air Corps and became the Bangor Army Air Field.
- 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 also had mainline scheduled jets on Northeast Airlines, and subsequently Delta in the 1970s with flights to PWM and BOS.
- In October 1969, a Trans World Airlines plane that had been hijacked in California refueled in Bangor on its way to Rome, where the hijacker was captured.
- Pilots often use Bangor to prepare aggressive fuel estimates for transatlantic flights to North American destinations, since they can divert to Bangor if the fuel load proves insufficient.
- Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- In November 2007, Allegiant Air began offering a few flights to and from Orlando-Sanford International Airport and Saint Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, a secondary airport near Tampa.
