Nonstop flight route between Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bangor, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bandundu Airport (FDU), Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,194 miles (or 9,969 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 Bandundu 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 Bandundu Airport and Bangor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bandundu Airport (FDU):

• In addition to being known as "Bandundu Airport", another name for FDU is "Bandundu Airport".
• Bandundu Airport (FDU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bandundu Airport (FDU) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Bandundu Airport (meaning Bandundu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,062 miles (19,412 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Bandundu Airport (FDU) is Nioki Airport (NIO), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNE of FDU.

Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):

• 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.
• In October 1995, Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin held a brief summit at the airport to discuss economic cooperation.
• In 1968, Dow AFB was closed as an active duty Air Force installation.
• North American Airlines, operated by Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., frequently uses Bangor International to transport U.S.
• Bangor has been the port of entry for over a million servicemen and women returning from the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the NATO operations IFOR and SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina on military charters.
• 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.
• Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1948, Bangor was one stop on the round-the-world flight of Richarda Morrow-Tait, the first woman to pilot a plane around the globe.
• Just before World War II, Godfrey Field was taken over by the Army Air Corps and became the Bangor Army Air Field.
• 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.