Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Esquel, Chubut Province, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Esquel Airport (EQS), Esquel, Chubut Province, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,773 miles (or 12,510 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 Birmingham Airport and Esquel 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 Birmingham Airport and Esquel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Building a new control tower for the airport began in July 2011, to replace the old tower which has stood at the airport since it was opened in 1939.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• 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.
• On 23 February 2011, it was reported that Birmingham Airport had announced the HS2 extension could be a solution to runway capacity problems in London, citing that will be quicker to get to London from Birmingham than from London Stansted once completed and claimed that the airport had capacity for nine million more passengers.
• The extension will increase the runway length from the present 2,605 m to 3,003 m, the main plan was to have a 150m starter extension along with the 400m extension but because the plan for the tunnel had been cancelled because of costs the runway length will be 3,050 m.There will be a loop taxiway from which planes will taxi to the runway and then takeoff.
• During the post-war years, public events, such as air fairs and air races were held on the site.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• Birmingham has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

Facts about Esquel Airport (EQS):

• Esquel Airport (EQS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport closed temporarily in May 2008 because of volcanic activities in El Chaitén, Chile.
• It was built in 1944, and was officially inaugurated on April 17, 1945.
• The closest airport to Esquel Airport (EQS) is El Maitén Airport (EMX), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) N of EQS.
• In addition to being known as "Esquel Airport", another name for EQS is "Aeropuerto de Esquel".
• It has a 1,050m² passenger terminal, 96,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar.
• The furthest airport from Esquel Airport (EQS) is Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL), which is nearly antipodal to Esquel Airport (meaning Esquel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport), and is located 12,269 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China.