Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and New York City, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,368 miles (or 5,420 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 LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHX / EGBB |
Airport Name: | Birmingham Airport |
Location: | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°27'14"N by 1°44'53"W |
Area Served: | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Seven Metropolitan Boroughs of West Midlands (49% total) (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall & Solihull) Airport Group Investments Ltd. (48.25%) (Teache |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 341 feet (104 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHX |
More Information: | BHX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGA / KLGA |
Airport Name: | LaGuardia Airport |
Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°46'38"N by 73°52'21"W |
Area Served: | New York City |
Operator/Owner: | City of New York |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LGA |
More Information: | LGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Birmingham Airport (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.
- Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
- The airport's location south-east of the city, plus the only operational runway being north-west – south-east, means that depending on wind direction, aircraft land or take-off directly over Birmingham.
- It is primarily served by the A45 main road, and is near Junction 6 of the M42 motorway.
- 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.
- Originally, the target for completion was in time for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.
- Taxiways will be further improved to allow for terminal expansion and to improve runway occupancy rates.
- It has been found that Birmingham airport is the most accessible airport in the UK.
- Although initial plans for a second runway were scrapped, this is now firmly back on the airports agenda ahead of the report into Britains aviation strategy being published.
Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):
- LaGuardia has also been criticized for some of its outdated facilities.
- Delta will invest $100 million to renovate terminals C and D in LaGuardia, where it will operate a total of 32 gates.
- The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
- Newspaper accounts alternately referred to the airfield as New York Municipal Airport and LaGuardia Field until the modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to Port of New York Authority control under a lease with New York City on June 1, 1947.
- Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
- American Airlines accepted La Guardia's offer to start a pilot program of scheduled flights to Floyd Bennett, although the program failed after several months because of Newark's better proximity to Manhattan.
- The terminal is home of the largest mural created during the Roosevelt-era Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Program.