Nonstop flight route between Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States and Seoul, South Korea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH), Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States and Gimpo International Airport (GMP), Seoul, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,547 miles (or 10,537 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 Southwest Michigan Regional Airport and Gimpo 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 Southwest Michigan Regional Airport and Gimpo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEH / KBEH |
Airport Name: | Southwest Michigan Regional Airport |
Location: | Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°7'42"N by 86°25'33"W |
Area Served: | Benton Harbor, Michigan / St. Joseph, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Benton Harbor / St. Joseph |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 649 feet (198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEH |
More Information: | BEH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GMP / RKSS |
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Location: | Seoul, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°33'29"N by 126°47'26"E |
Area Served: | Seoul |
Operator/Owner: | Korea Airports Corporation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 58 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GMP |
More Information: | GMP Maps & Info |
Facts about Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH):
- Opened in 1973, the air traffic control tower sits abandoned to the present day after its closure during a 1981 controller strike.
- It was previously served from 1995 to 2000 by Mesaba Airlines, offering five daily flights to the Northwest Airlines hub at Detroit.
- Because of Southwest Michigan Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 649 feet, planes can take off or land at Southwest Michigan Regional 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 Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport (NLE), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSE of BEH.
- The furthest airport from Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,140 miles (17,929 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) has 3 runways.
Facts about Gimpo International Airport (GMP):
- Gimpo Airport primarily serves domestic and limited international flights to Japan, Taiwan, and China.
- The airport is located south of the Han River in western Seoul.
- Following the Chinese Third Phase Campaign and the defeat of UN Forces at the 38th parallel, on 5 January 1951 General Ridgway ordered the evacuation of Seoul and the withdrawal of UN forces to a new defensive line along the 37th parallel.
- Gimpo International Airport handled 19,424,032 passengers last year.
- Gimpo International Airport (GMP) has 2 runways.
- Because of Gimpo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimpo 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.
- In addition to being known as "Gimpo International Airport", other names for GMP include "김포국제공항 金浦國際空港" and "Gimpo Gukje Gonghang Kimp'o Kukche Konghang".
- On 21 September 1953 North Korean pilot No Kum-Sok defected in his MiG-15 landing at Kimpo.
- The closest airport to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is Gimpo International Airport (SEL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of GMP.
- The furthest airport from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is Villa Gesell Airport (VLG), which is nearly antipodal to Gimpo International Airport (meaning Gimpo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Gesell Airport), and is located 12,226 miles (19,676 kilometers) away in Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina.