Nonstop flight route between Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Uvalde, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Garner Field (UVA), Uvalde, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,731 miles (or 7,613 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 Belfast International Airport and Garner Field, 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 Belfast International Airport and Garner Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Belfast International Airport (BFS):

• Between 2006 - 2008, both easyJet and Aer Lingus established a number of new routes for Belfast including Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Rome, Munich and Venice, all of which were eventually scrapped.
• The closest airport to Belfast International Airport (BFS) is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) E of BFS.
• Belfast International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• The furthest airport from Belfast International Airport (BFS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,065 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
• A new terminal and apron were built with the necessary passenger facilities and the complex was opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother on 28 October 1963.
• Despite these additional flights, passengers at Belfast International did not rise beyond 6 million in 2008 as some had predicted but in fact fell by 10,000 passengers to 5.2 million.
• Because of Belfast International Airport's relatively low elevation of 268 feet, planes can take off or land at Belfast 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 "Belfast International Airport", another name for BFS is "Belfast/Aldergrove Airport".
• In 1998 EasyJet started operations from the airport with flights to London Luton.
• Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.

Facts about Garner Field (UVA):

• The furthest airport from Garner Field (UVA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,192 miles (18,012 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Trans-Texas DC-3s landed at Uvalde for a few years ending around 1954.
• The closest airport to Garner Field (UVA) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) ENE of UVA.
• Garner Field covers 356 acres at an elevation of 942 feet.
• Because of Garner Field's relatively low elevation of 942 feet, planes can take off or land at Garner Field 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.
• Garner Field (UVA) currently has only 1 runway.