Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Guapi, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (GPI), Guapi, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,497 miles (or 8,846 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 Guapi Airport Juan Casiano 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 Guapi Airport Juan Casiano 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):

• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• 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.
• It's also been estimated that if these plans were to go ahead, the airport could handle around 70,000,000 passengers annually, and around 500,000 aircraft movements.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Birmingham Airport is 5.5 NM east-south-east of Birmingham city centre, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.
• 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.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (GPI):

• In addition to being known as "Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport", another name for GPI is "Aeropuerto "Juan Casiano Solís" de Guapi".
• Because of Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Guapi Airport Juan Casiano 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 Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (GPI) is Depati Parbo Airport (KRC), which is nearly antipodal to Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (meaning Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Depati Parbo Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Kerinci, Indonesia.
• Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (GPI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Guapi Airport Juan Casiano Airport (GPI) is Guillermo Leónel Valencia Airport (PPN), which is located 89 miles (144 kilometers) E of GPI.