- Great circle
- 1,366 km
- 849 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 2h 12m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 45.6°N
- at 90% along
- One lap of Earth
- 3.4%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 227th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Bucharest the path crosses Romania, then Serbia, then Croatia, then Italy.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 45.6°N, 90% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Bucharest the aircraft points west (281°); it arrives into Milan heading west (269°). That is 12° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
OTP
Bucharest Henri Coandă
Bucharest, Romania · Europe
44.6°N, 26.1°E
Bucharest to Milan, asked and answered
- How far is Bucharest to Milan?
- Bucharest to Milan (OTP to MXP) is 1,366 km, or 849 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Bucharest to Milan?
- About 2h 12m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Bucharest to Milan flight take?
- The great circle passes over Romania, then Serbia, then Croatia, then Italy. It reaches 45.6°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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