Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Oskarshamn, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Oskarshamn Airport (OSK), Oskarshamn, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 797 miles (or 1,282 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 Oskarshamn 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 has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• In January 2011, the airport merged its two terminals into a Single Terminal Building.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• It has been found that Birmingham airport is the most accessible airport in the UK.
• Taxiways will be further improved to allow for terminal expansion and to improve runway occupancy rates.

Facts about Oskarshamn Airport (OSK):

• Oskarshamn Airport (OSK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Oskarshamn Airport (OSK) is Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) S of OSK.
• The furthest airport from Oskarshamn Airport (OSK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,346 miles (18,260 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Oskarshamn Airport", another name for OSK is "Oskarshamn flygplats".
• Because of Oskarshamn Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Oskarshamn 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.