Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Coll, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Coll Island Airport (COL), Coll, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 347 miles (or 558 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 Birmingham Airport and Coll Island Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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.
• Birmingham has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• The runway extension will be officially opened on 22 July 2014 and will be marked by a series of charter flights operated by China Southern Airlines to Beijing.
• Taxiways will be further improved to allow for terminal expansion and to improve runway occupancy rates.
• Birmingham Airport is accessible from the north and south via Junction Six of the M42 motorway.
• Plans for the extension of the airport runway and the construction of the new air traffic control tower were submitted to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in January 2008 and approved in March 2009.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• In September 2010 an announcement was made that following the merging of Terminals 1 & 2 in 2011, the airport would drop the International from its official name to become Birmingham Airport.
• As part of the proposed High Speed Two rail link, a new railway station called Birmingham Interchange would be built to serve both the airport and the National Exhibition Centre.

Facts about Coll Island Airport (COL):

• In addition to being known as "Coll Island Airport", another name for COL is "EGEL".
• The closest airport to Coll Island Airport (COL) is Tiree Airport (TRE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SW of COL.
• The furthest airport from Coll Island Airport (COL) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,730 miles (18,877 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Coll Island Airport (COL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Coll Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Coll Island 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.