Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,047 miles (or 6,513 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 Grantley Adams International Airport and Belfast 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 Grantley Adams International Airport and Belfast 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: | BGI / TBPB |
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Location: | Bridgetown, Barbados |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°4'28"N by 59°29'32"W |
Area Served: | Barbados |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Barbados |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGI |
More Information: | BGI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFS / EGAA |
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Location: | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°39'26"N by 6°12'56"W |
Area Served: | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | ADC & HAS. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 268 feet (82 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BFS |
More Information: | BFS Maps & Info |
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):
- As of 2008, parking is available outside the airport at a rate of Bds$2.00 per hour or a maximum rate Bds$12.00 daily.
- During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
- Phase I, which is now complete, saw an upgrading of the runways, taxiways, parking aprons, and approach lighting.
- Grantley Adams International Airport lies 12.9 km from the centre of the capital city Bridgetown, in an area officially known as Seawell.
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
- The furthest airport from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Tardamu Airport (SAU), which is nearly antipodal to Grantley Adams International Airport (meaning Grantley Adams International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tardamu Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Belfast International Airport (BFS):
- Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.
- 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.
- The airport was privatised in 1994.
- By the 1950s civil air traffic had outstripped the facilities at Nutts Corner and, in addition, aircraft were being regularly diverted to Aldergrove because of adverse weather conditions.
- Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
- 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".
- Around 4 million passengers travelled through the airport in 2013, a 6.7% decrease on 2012.
- In January 2011, Bmibaby moved to George Best Belfast City Airport in order to keep its operation under one roof with sister company BMI.
- 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.