Nonstop flight route between Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel and Bodø, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel and Bodø Airport (BOO), Bodø, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,575 miles (or 4,145 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 Ben Gurion Airport and Bodø 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 Ben Gurion Airport and Bodø Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Ben Gurion Airport (TLV):

• The closest airport to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Sde Dov Airport (SDV), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of TLV.
• The main runway is the oldest surviving runway in the airport, with the quiet and short runways having been built in the late 1960s and 1970s.
• Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1969 when Arkia resumed operations at the airport after the Six-Day War.
• In addition to being known as "Ben Gurion Airport", another name for TLV is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה בֵּן גּוּרְיוֹן".
• Terminal 1 had been closed in 2003 and then re-opened in 2007 as the domestic terminal following extensive renovations, and in July 2008, to cater for summer charter and low-cost flights.
• The furthest airport from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,672 miles (18,784 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Ben Gurion Airport's relatively low elevation of 134 feet, planes can take off or land at Ben Gurion 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.
• Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) has 3 runways.

Facts about Bodø Airport (BOO):

• The closest airport to Bodø Airport (BOO) is Værøy Heliport (VRY), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) WNW of BOO.
• Bodø Airport handled 1,669,191 passengers last year.
• Bodø Airport (BOO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was used during the testing of Concorde in June 1975.
• In addition to being known as "Bodø Airport", another name for BOO is "Bodø lufthavn".
• The museum exhibits several military aircraft including a Lockheed U-2, Gloster Gladiator and Supermarine Spitfire.
• The furthest airport from Bodø Airport (BOO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,767 miles (17,328 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Bodø Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Bodø 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.