Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Pecos, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ), Pecos, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,984 miles (or 8,021 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 Pecos Municipal 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 Pecos Municipal 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.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• Taxiways will be further improved to allow for terminal expansion and to improve runway occupancy rates.
• 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 has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• 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.
• 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.
• It has been found that Birmingham airport is the most accessible airport in the UK.

Facts about Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ):

• Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,292 miles (18,173 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• At its peak, on April 30, 1944, the field numbered 4,304 people, including 482 officers, 972 cadets and student officers, 2,218 enlisted personnel, and 604 civilian employees, of which 25 were WASPs.
• Over the years part of the field was sold off, and Interstate Highway 20 cut through it.
• In addition to being known as "Pecos Municipal Airport", another name for PEQ is "Pecos Army Airfield".
• PAAF consisted chiefly of "theater of operations" type buildings-cheap, rapidly constructed, single-story structures covered with black tarpaper.
• The closest airport to Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ) is Winkler County Airport (INK), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNE of PEQ.