Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Hickam Field (HIK), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,420 miles (or 10,331 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 Hickam 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 Grantley Adams International Airport and Hickam Field. 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):

• Grantley Adams International Airport, as it is known today, handles most large aircraft including Boeing 747s.
• To the east of the main Sir Grantley Adams Airport is the 8,534 m2 site of the British Airways Concorde Museum on the old Spencers Plantation.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• 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.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
• During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.

Facts about Hickam Field (HIK):

• On 22 March 1955, a United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster transport on descent to a landing in darkness and heavy rain strayed off course and crashed into Pali Kea Peak in the southern part of Oahu's Waianae Range, killing all 66 people on board.
• The furthest airport from Hickam Field (HIK) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Hickam Field (meaning Hickam Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
• Hickam Field (HIK) has 6 runways.
• In addition, Hickam supports 140 tenant and associate units.
• Hickam Field consists of 2,850 acres, valued at more than $444 million.
• Because of Hickam Field's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Hickam 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.
• Hickam was the principal army airfield in Hawaii and the only one large enough to accommodate the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
• In addition to being known as "Hickam Field", another name for HIK is "Part of United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)".
• Hickam Field is a United States Air Force facility, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.
• The closest airport to Hickam Field (HIK) is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HIK.