Nonstop flight route between Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel and Coto 47, Costa Rica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel and Coto 47 Airport (OTR), Coto 47, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,476 miles (or 12,032 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 Coto 47 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 Coto 47 Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ben Gurion Airport (TLV):

• More buildings and runways were added over the years, but with the onset of mass immigration from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and 90s, as well as the global increase of international business travel, the existing facilities became painfully inadequate, prompting the design of new state-of-the-art terminal that could also accommodate the expected tourism influx for the 2000 millennium celebrations.
• The original layout of the airfield as designed by the British in the 1930s included four intersecting 800 m runways suitable for the piston-engined aircraft of the day.
• While Ben Gurion Airport has been a target of Palestinian attacks, the adoption of strict security precautions has ensured that no aircraft departing from Ben Gurion airport has ever been hijacked.
• Free wireless internet is provided throughout the terminal.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ben Gurion Airport", another name for TLV is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה בֵּן גּוּרְיוֹן".
• The closest airport to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Sde Dov Airport (SDV), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of TLV.
• Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) has 3 runways.
• Work on Natbag 2000, as the Terminal 3 project was known, was scheduled for completion prior to 2000 in order to handle a massive influx of pilgrims expected for the Millennium celebrations.
• 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.

Facts about Coto 47 Airport (OTR):

• The furthest airport from Coto 47 Airport (OTR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Coto 47 Airport (meaning Coto 47 Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,188 miles (19,615 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Coto 47 Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Coto 47 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 Coto 47 Airport (OTR) is Golfito Airport (GLF), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) WNW of OTR.
• Coto 47 Airport (OTR) currently has only 1 runway.