Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Key Largo, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Ocean Reef Club Airport (OCA), Key Largo, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,377 miles (or 7,044 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 Ocean Reef Club 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 Ocean Reef Club 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: | OCA / |
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| Location: | Key Largo, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°19'13"N by 80°16'41"W |
| Area Served: | Key Largo, Florida |
| Operator/Owner: | Ocean Reef Club |
| Airport Type: | Private use |
| Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OCA |
| More Information: | OCA Maps & Info |
Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):
- Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport is an airport located 5.5 nautical miles east southeast of Birmingham city centre, at Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull within the West Midlands, England.
- Birmingham handled a record 9.6 million passengers in 2008, and 9.1 million passengers used the airport in 2013, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
- In January 2011, the airport merged its two terminals into a Single Terminal Building.
- 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.
Facts about Ocean Reef Club Airport (OCA):
- Because of Ocean Reef Club Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Ocean Reef Club 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 Ocean Reef Club Airport (OCA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,573 miles (18,625 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Ocean Reef Club Airport (OCA) is Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) NNW of OCA.
- Ocean Reef Club Airport (OCA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Ocean Reef Club Airport", another name for OCA is "07FA".
