Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Bristol, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,100 miles (or 6,599 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 Bristol 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 Bristol 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 |
| Airport Names: |
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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: | BRS / EGGD |
| Airport Name: | Bristol Airport |
| Location: | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°22'58"N by 2°43'9"W |
| Area Served: | Bristol Gloucestershire Somerset |
| Operator/Owner: | South West Airports Limited |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 622 feet (190 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BRS |
| More Information: | BRS Maps & Info |
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (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.
- Phase II, included adding a brand new arrivals terminal adjacent to the current building.
- After the expansion project, the airport's arrivals facility was moved to a separate brand-new 70,000-square-foot building adjacent to the previous structure.
- The Phase III expansion planned had to wait until the completion of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, it envisions the addition of new airport terminal Jetway, new spacious departure lounges much closer to the aeroplanes and air bridges to make connections at the facility much easier.
- TBPB is equipped with VOR/DME and NDB.
- The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- Grantley Adams Airport also serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean.
- Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):
- In September 1940 No 10 Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Weston-super-Mare established a Relief Landing Ground on 14 acres at Broadfield Down by the hamlet of Lulsgate Bottom, near Redhill.
- On 6 February 1945, 1540 BATF left for RAF Weston Zoyland.
- In 1988 the airport opened a new concourse area.
- The application was eventually submitted in 2009.
- The furthest airport from Bristol Airport (BRS) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,217 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Because of Bristol Airport's relatively low elevation of 622 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol 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.
- Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
- Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
