Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Bata, Equatorial Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Bata Airport (BSG), Bata, Equatorial Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,796 miles (or 7,718 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 Bata 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 Bata Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
• Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
• "Alpha Echo" was also the last Concorde to fly supersonic on 17 November 2003, on its delivery flight to Barbados.
• Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
• On 1 June 2007, the Bds$1.7 million Club Caribbean Executive Lounge and Business Centre was opened as an added amenity for business travellers.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 52 metres above mean sea level.
• Grantley Adams International Airport lies 12.9 km from the centre of the capital city Bridgetown, in an area officially known as Seawell.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".

Facts about Bata Airport (BSG):

• Bata Airport (BSG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bata Airport (BSG) is Kribi Airport (KBI), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) N of BSG.
• Because of Bata Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Bata 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 furthest airport from Bata Airport (BSG) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bata Airport (meaning Bata Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,317 miles (19,822 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.