Nonstop flight route between Ikerasak, Greenland and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ikerasak Heliport (IKE), Ikerasak, Greenland and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,965 miles (or 3,162 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 relatively short distance between Ikerasak Heliport and Birmingham Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IKE / BGIA |
Airport Name: | Ikerasak Heliport |
Location: | Ikerasak, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°29'44"N by 51°18'11"W |
Area Served: | Ikerasak, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from IKE |
More Information: | IKE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHX / EGBB |
Airport Name: | Birmingham Airport |
Location: | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°27'14"N by 1°44'53"W |
Area Served: | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Seven Metropolitan Boroughs of West Midlands (49% total) (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall & Solihull) Airport Group Investments Ltd. (48.25%) (Teache |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 341 feet (104 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHX |
More Information: | BHX Maps & Info |
Facts about Ikerasak Heliport (IKE):
- The closest airport to Ikerasak Heliport (IKE) is Uummannaq Heliport (UMD), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) NW of IKE.
- The furthest airport from Ikerasak Heliport (IKE) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,417 miles (16,765 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- Because of Ikerasak Heliport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Ikerasak Heliport 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 Birmingham Airport (BHX):
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
- Originally, the target for completion was in time for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.
- The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
- The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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 airport's location south-east of the city, plus the only operational runway being north-west – south-east, means that depending on wind direction, aircraft land or take-off directly over Birmingham.
- On 23 February 2011, it was reported that Birmingham Airport had announced the HS2 extension could be a solution to runway capacity problems in London, citing that will be quicker to get to London from Birmingham than from London Stansted once completed and claimed that the airport had capacity for nine million more passengers.
- Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.