Nonstop flight route between Brindisi, Italy and Exeter, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS), Brindisi, Italy and Exeter International Airport (EXT), Exeter, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,237 miles (or 1,990 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 Brindisi – Salento Airport and Exeter International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDS / LIBR |
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Location: | Brindisi, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°39'26"N by 17°56'48"E |
Area Served: | Brindisi |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 47 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BDS |
More Information: | BDS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EXT / EGTE |
Airport Name: | Exeter International Airport |
Location: | Exeter, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°44'3"N by 3°24'50"W |
Area Served: | Exeter, Devon |
Operator/Owner: | Exeter and Devon Airport Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 102 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EXT |
More Information: | EXT Maps & Info |
Facts about Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS):
- In addition to being known as "Brindisi – Salento Airport", another name for BDS is "Brindisi – Aeroporto del Salento".
- Because of Brindisi – Salento Airport's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Brindisi – Salento 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.
- Brindisi – Salento Airport handled 2,101,045 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WSW of BDS.
- The furthest airport from Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,670 miles (18,780 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Exeter International Airport (EXT):
- During World War II RAF Exeter was important RAF Fighter Command airfield during the Battle of Britain, with some two dozen different RAF fighter squadrons being stationed there for varying periods through 1944, and just about all the operational fighter types of those years had been present.
- The furthest airport from Exeter International Airport (EXT) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,994 miles (19,302 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- RAF Exeter was also used by the United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force as a D-Day troop transport base with Douglas C-47 Skytrain transports dropping paratroops near Carentan to land on the Normandy Beachhead.
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Exeter International Airport handled 741,465 passengers last year.
- There is no railway station at the airport, and the closest station is Pinhoe railway station.
- There are a large number of privately based aircraft that operate out of the airport.
- Because of Exeter International Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Exeter 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.
- Post-war, Exeter was reclaimed by Fighter Command and a French Supermarine Spitfire squadron, No.
- The closest airport to Exeter International Airport (EXT) is Plymouth City Airport (PLH), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SW of EXT.
- Exeter met the requirement of basing USAAF troop carrier groups close to where units of the 101st Airborne Division were located and within reasonable range of the expected area of operations.