Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Brainerd, Minnesota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD), Brainerd, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,987 miles (or 6,417 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 Gatwick Airport and Brainerd Lakes Regional 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 Gatwick Airport and Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGW / EGKK |
Airport Name: | Gatwick Airport |
Location: | London, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°8'53"N by 0°11'25"W |
Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Global Infrastructure Partners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 203 feet (62 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LGW |
More Information: | LGW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRD / KBRD |
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Location: | Brainerd, Minnesota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°24'7"N by 94°8'8"W |
Area Served: | Brainerd, Minnesota |
Operator/Owner: | City of Brainerd & Crow Wing County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1232 feet (376 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRD |
More Information: | BRD Maps & Info |
Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):
- During the late 1920s, land adjacent to the racecourse was used as an aerodrome.
- Pope John Paul II arrived at the airport on 28 May 1982 on an Alitalia Boeing 727-200 Advanced, beginning the first papal visit to the United Kingdom.
- BEA Helicopters made Gatwick their administrative and engineering base on 1 January 1964.
- In May 1950, Gatwick's first charter flight left the airport's original grass runway for Calvi on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
- On 27 May 1958, the original Gatwick railway station reopened as the Gatwick Airport station, and the Tinsley Green station was closed.
- Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick 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 Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
- Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
- Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Gatwick Airport is located 2.7 nautical miles north of the centre of Crawley,West Sussex, and 29.5 miles south of Central London.
- BAA Limited and its predecessors, BAA plc and the British Airports Authority, owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009.
Facts about Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD):
- Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.
- The furthest airport from Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,684 miles (17,193 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport", another name for BRD is "BR".
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,665 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 15,472 enplanements in 2009, and 16,404 in 2010.
- The closest airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) S of BRD.