Nonstop flight route between Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Canefield, Dominica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Canefield Airport (DCF), Canefield, Dominica would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,999 miles (or 6,435 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 George Best Belfast City Airport and Canefield 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 George Best Belfast City Airport and Canefield Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD):

• George Best Belfast City Airport handled 2,541,759 passengers last year.
• George Best Belfast City Airport is a single-runway airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
• George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Following major capital investment Bombardier sold the airport in 2003 for £35 million to the Spanish company Ferrovial, the owner of BAA Airports.
• In October 2012 Aer Lingus moved its services from Belfast International to the Airport.
• Sydenham Airport was established by Shorts beside its Belfast factory at Sydenham, Belfast in 1937.
• The closest airport to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is Belfast International Airport (BFS), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WNW of BHD.
• In addition to being known as "George Best Belfast City Airport", another name for BHD is "Belfast City Airport".
• Flexibus route 600 is the Belfast City Airlink service, from the terminal to the Belfast Europa Buscentre adjacent to the Europa Hotel and Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station.
• The furthest airport from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,843 miles (19,059 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of George Best Belfast City Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at George Best Belfast City 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.
• Sydenham railway station is adjacent to the southern perimeter of the airport, across the A2 from the old passenger terminal.

Facts about Canefield Airport (DCF):

• The closest airport to Canefield Airport (DCF) is Melville Hall Airport (DOM), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NNE of DCF.
• The furthest airport from Canefield Airport (DCF) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Canefield Airport (meaning Canefield Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,137 miles (19,532 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
• Canefield Airport (DCF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Canefield Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Canefield 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.
• Construction began in early 1979 with British funding, shortly after Dominica's independence.