Nonstop flight route between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Basco, Batanes, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Basco Airport (BSO), Basco, Batanes, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,274 miles (or 10,097 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 Edinburgh Airport and Basco 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 Edinburgh Airport and Basco Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):

• Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.
• Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.
• The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Edinburgh Airport is located at Ingliston in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2013, handling just under 9.8 million passengers in that year.
• Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.
• Lothian Buses provide public transportation to the airport with the Airlink 100 express bus from Edinburgh city centre, as well as the number 35 direct to Ocean Terminal and N22 with the same destination but alternative route.
• When the war ended the airfield still remained under military control, but by the late 1940s the first commercial services were launched.
• The present terminal building, designed by Sir Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall.
• A £40m extension to the departure lounge has been built, work commenced in December, 2008.

Facts about Basco Airport (BSO):

• In addition to being known as "Basco Airport", another name for BSO is "Paliparan ng Basco".
• Because of Basco Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Basco 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.
• Basco Airport handled 25,423 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Basco Airport (BSO) is Corumbá International Airport (CMG), which is nearly antipodal to Basco Airport (meaning Basco Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Corumbá International Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Basco Airport (BSO) is Lanyu Airport (KYD), which is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) NNW of BSO.
• Basco Airport (BSO) currently has only 1 runway.