Nonstop flight route between Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Blackpool, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Blackpool International Airport (BLK), Blackpool, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,844 miles (or 7,796 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Blackpool 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Blackpool 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 Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE):

• The timber used in the hangar shows the marks of the borers that infested the trees, which were harvested as part of a program to remove beetle-killed trees.
• Bryce Canyon Airport covers an area of 215 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 7,395 x 75 ft.
• Because of Bryce Canyon Airport's high elevation of 7,590 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BCE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BCE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of BCE.
• Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,168 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Bryce Canyon Airport was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
• United Airlines Flight 608 a DC-6 was on a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947 about 1.5 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board.

Facts about Blackpool International Airport (BLK):

• The furthest airport from Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,823 miles (19,027 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Blackpool International Airport (BLK) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Warton Aerodrome (WRT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of BLK.
• Also in 2005, Monarch set up a new route to Málaga, three times a week.
• The airport site's first aviation use was in October 1909, when the UK's first official public Flying Meeting was held on a specially laid out site at Squires Gate, followed by another in 1910.
• Blackpool Airport Limited has a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• RAF Coastal Command also established an operational base on site, and expanded RAF Warton to act as a satellite airfield.
• Blackpool International Airport handled 262,630 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Blackpool International Airport", another name for BLK is "Squires Gate Airport".
• After the £10 Airport Development Fee was introduced at the start of 2009, a new airline was sought to replace Ryanair on its very popular route to Dublin.
• Because of Blackpool International Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackpool 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.