Nonstop flight route between Bangor, Maine, United States and Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States and Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,884 miles (or 4,642 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 Bangor International Airport and Land's End 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 Bangor International Airport and Land's End Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGR / KBGR |
| Airport Name: | Bangor International Airport |
| Location: | Bangor, Maine, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°48'25"N by 68°49'41"W |
| Area Served: | Bangor, Maine |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGR |
| More Information: | BGR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEQ / EGHC |
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| Location: | Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'10"N by 5°40'14"W |
| Area Served: | St Just in Penwith |
| Operator/Owner: | Westward Airways (Lands End) Ltd |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 401 feet (122 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LEQ |
| More Information: | LEQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- On July 8, 2010, ten captured Russian spies, were deported on a government-chartered jet that took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport bound for Vienna International Airport, with a stop in Bangor for refueling.
- Because of Bangor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Bangor International 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 Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,670 miles (18,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Bangor International Airport began as Godfrey Field in the 1920s, on land owned by local attorney Edward Rawson Godfrey.
- The closest airport to Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Old Town Municipal Airport (OLD), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NE of BGR.
- Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Marketing efforts by airport officials drove annual passengers from 369,000 in 2001 past 480,000 in 2005.
- From the 1970s into the 1990s, the airport attracted 3,000 to 5,000 commercial flights a year, mostly charter jetliners flying between Europe and the West Coast of the United States, or the Caribbean and Mexico.
Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):
- In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".
- Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.
- Between 1966 and 1970, Scillonia Airways operated from the airport, flying Rapides.
- Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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.
- ISSC operate a shuttle bus from Penzance railway station to the airport.
- The closest airport to Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
