Nonstop flight route between Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Esperance, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Esperance Airport (EPR), Esperance, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,557 miles (or 15,380 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 Esperance 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 Esperance 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):

• 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.
• George Best Belfast City Airport handled 2,541,759 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "George Best Belfast City Airport", another name for BHD is "Belfast City Airport".
• The airport is a major base for Flybe, which began operations at the airport in 1993 and is now the largest operator at Belfast City.
• George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) currently has only 1 runway.
• As the airport is adjacent to residential areas, the issue of noise pollution is a major one and a source of public debate.
• 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.
• 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.
• In June 2012, BMI subsidiary Bmibaby ceased all routes from Belfast City, prior to its total cessation of operations, leading Flybe to increase schedule frequency on some routes.
• 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.

Facts about Esperance Airport (EPR):

• The closest airport to Esperance Airport (EPR) is Kambalda Airport (KDB), which is located 173 miles (278 kilometers) N of EPR.
• The furthest airport from Esperance Airport (EPR) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Esperance Airport (meaning Esperance Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,049 miles (19,392 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Esperance Airport (EPR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Esperance Airport's relatively low elevation of 470 feet, planes can take off or land at Esperance 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.