Nonstop flight route between Bridgetown, Barbados and Matamata, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados and Matamata Airport (MTA), Matamata, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,657 miles (or 13,932 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 Matamata 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 Matamata 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: | MTA / NZMA |
| Airport Name: | Matamata Airport |
| Location: | Matamata, New Zealand |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°44'3"S by 175°44'24"E |
| Area Served: | Matamata |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from MTA |
| More Information: | MTA Maps & Info |
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):
- The airport resides at an elevation of 52 metres above mean sea level.
- Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
- 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 Airport also serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean.
- 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.
- On 2 November 1977 G-BOAE was the same aircraft that Queen Elizabeth II travelled flying from GAIA to London Heathrow, England.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
Facts about Matamata Airport (MTA):
- The furthest airport from Matamata Airport (MTA) is Córdoba Airport (ODB), which is nearly antipodal to Matamata Airport (meaning Matamata Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Córdoba Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Córdoba, Spain.
- The closest airport to Matamata Airport (MTA) is Hamilton International Airport (HLZ), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) WSW of MTA.
