Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Morristown, Tennessee, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Morristown Regional Airport (MOR), Morristown, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,178 miles (or 3,505 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 relatively short distance between Grantley Adams International Airport and Morristown Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• The terrain around the airport is relatively flat and quite suburban.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Grantley Adams International Airport lies 12.9 km from the centre of the capital city Bridgetown, in an area officially known as Seawell.
• The head office of the Barbados Civil Aviation Department is located on the airport property, along the western edge of the arrivals terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• In 1983, the US-sponsored invasion of Grenada prompted the United States to form yet another agreement with Barbados.
• Grantley Adams International Airport, as it is known today, handles most large aircraft including Boeing 747s.
• 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.
• Since Grantley Adams International Airport had become a relatively busy airport for such a small island, and based on the fact that future air traffic to the facilities is expected to increase, the Government of Barbados commenced a US$100 million programme to revamp the Airport's current infrastructure.
• 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.

Facts about Morristown Regional Airport (MOR):

• The closest airport to Morristown Regional Airport (MOR) is Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SSW of MOR.
• Morristown Regional Airport covers an area of 160 acres at an elevation of 1,313 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Morristown Regional Airport (MOR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,382 miles (18,317 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Morristown Regional Airport (MOR) currently has only 1 runway.
• This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.