Nonstop flight route between Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Shiraz, Iran:
Departure Airport:
(52°27'14"N by 1°44'53"W)
Arrival Airport:
(29°32'21"N by 52°35'24"E)
Distance from BHX to SYZ:
3,148.80 miles (5,067.50 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom and Shiraz International Airport (SYZ), Shiraz, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,149 miles (or 5,067 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 Shiraz International 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 Shiraz International 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: | SYZ / OISS |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Shiraz, Iran |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°32'21"N by 52°35'24"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Organization of Iran/Military of Iran |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 4920 feet (1,500 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SYZ |
| More Information: | SYZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):
- Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
- 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 has been found that Birmingham airport is the most accessible airport in the UK.
- 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.
- In January 2011, the airport merged its two terminals into a Single Terminal Building.
- The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
- 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, 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.
- Taxiways will be further improved to allow for terminal expansion and to improve runway occupancy rates.
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Shiraz International Airport (SYZ):
- The closest airport to Shiraz International Airport (SYZ) is Bushehr Airport (BUZ), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) WSW of SYZ.
- Shiraz International Airport (SYZ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Shiraz International Airport (SYZ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,794 miles (18,981 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Shiraz International Airport", another name for SYZ is "Shahid Dastghaib International Airport Tadayon Air Base".
- Because of Shiraz International Airport's high elevation of 4,920 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SYZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SYZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Shiraz International Airport serves as the largest airport in the southern region of Iran.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12.63 miles (20.33 km) ESE | Coventry Airport (CVT) | Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |     |
| 2 | 31.46 miles (50.63 km) NE | East Midlands Airport (EMA) | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 41.59 miles (66.93 km) ESE | Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) | Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 46.33 miles (74.56 km) SSE | Oxford Airport (OXF) | Oxford, England, United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 49.13 miles (79.07 km) S | RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 49.81 miles (80.17 km) ENE | RAF Cottesmore (OKH) | Oakham, England, United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 50.64 miles (81.50 km) SE | Milton Keynes Airport (KYN) | Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 53.35 miles (85.85 km) S | RAF Fairford (FFD) | Fairford, England, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 64.16 miles (103.26 km) SSE | RAF Benson (BEX) | Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 64.59 miles (103.95 km) E | RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) | Alconbury, England, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 65.95 miles (106.13 km) NNW | Manchester Airport (MAN) | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 66.37 miles (106.81 km) S | RAF Lyneham (LYE) | Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 13 | 66.67 miles (107.29 km) NNE | Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | |
| 14 | 66.81 miles (107.52 km) SE | RAF High Wycombe (HYC) | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | 70.86 miles (114.03 km) SE | London Luton Airport (LTN) | Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,858.26 miles (19,083.97 km) SE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,843.44 miles (19,060.12 km) SE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,826.49 miles (19,032.84 km) SE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,825.72 miles (19,031.60 km) SE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,794.77 miles (18,981.80 km) SE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,792.08 miles (18,977.47 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,788.53 miles (18,971.75 km) SSE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,776.00 miles (18,951.60 km) SSE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,765.90 miles (18,935.33 km) SE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,763.79 miles (18,931.94 km) SSE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,763.50 miles (18,931.47 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,738.61 miles (18,891.42 km) SE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,730.36 miles (18,878.14 km) SE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,722.63 miles (18,865.69 km) SE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,710.99 miles (18,846.96 km) SSE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 113.51 miles (182.68 km) WSW | Bushehr Airport (BUZ) | Bushehr, Iran | |
| 2 | 168.61 miles (271.35 km) SE | Larestan International Airport (LRR) | Lar, Iran | |
| 3 | 184.85 miles (297.48 km) E | Sirjan Airport (SYJ) | Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran | |
| 4 | 191.70 miles (308.52 km) NNE | Shahid Sadooghi Airport (AZD) | Yazd, Iran | |
| 5 | 194.23 miles (312.59 km) SSE | Lavan Airport (LVP) | Lavan Island, Iran | |
| 6 | 203.24 miles (327.07 km) WNW | Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI) | Omidiyeh, Iran | |
| 7 | 216.89 miles (349.05 km) NNW | Shahrekord International Airport (CQD) | Shahrekord, Iran | |
| 8 | 217.29 miles (349.69 km) WNW | Mahshahr Airport (MRX) | Mahshahr, Iran | |
| 9 | 224.78 miles (361.74 km) SSE | Kish International Airport (KIH) | Kish Island, Iran | |
| 10 | 226.05 miles (363.79 km) N | Isfahan International Airport (IFN) | Isfahan, Iran | |
| 11 | 248.47 miles (399.88 km) SE | Bandar Lengeh Airport (BDH) | Bandar Lengeh, Iran | |
| 12 | 255.45 miles (411.11 km) SSW | Bahrain International Airport (BAH) | Al Muharraq, Bahrain | |
| 13 | 259.67 miles (417.89 km) WNW | Ahwaz International Airport (AWZ) | Ahwaz, Iran | |
| 14 | 266.07 miles (428.20 km) ENE | Kerman International Airport (KER) | Kerman, Iran | |
| 15 | 266.98 miles (429.67 km) WNW | Abadan International Airport (ABD) | Abadan, Iran | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,794.31 miles (18,981.05 km) SE | Totegegie Airport (GMR) | Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 11,513.85 miles (18,529.71 km) SE | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 11,452.08 miles (18,430.30 km) SE | Pukarua Airport (PUK) | Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 4 | 11,431.57 miles (18,397.29 km) SE | Nukutavake Airport (NUK) | Nukutavake, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 11,331.93 miles (18,236.93 km) W | Mataveri International Airport (IPC) | Easter Island, Chile | |
| 6 | 11,272.68 miles (18,141.58 km) SE | Hao Airport (HOI) | Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia | |
| 7 | 11,159.76 miles (17,959.85 km) SE | Fangatau Airport (FGU) | Fangatau, French Polynesia | |
| 8 | 11,101.59 miles (17,866.23 km) SE | Raroia Airport (RRR) | Raroia, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 11,073.34 miles (17,820.76 km) SE | Makemo Airport (MKP) | Makemo, French Polynesia | |
| 10 | 11,016.73 miles (17,729.66 km) ESE | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 11 | 10,950.98 miles (17,623.86 km) SE | Fakarava Airport (FAV) | Fakarava, Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 12 | 10,891.31 miles (17,527.82 km) SE | Apataki Airport (APK) | Apataki, French Polynesia | |
| 13 | 10,878.62 miles (17,507.40 km) SSE | Atuona Airport (AUQ) | Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 10,873.55 miles (17,499.23 km) ESE | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 15 | 10,866.01 miles (17,487.11 km) SE | Arutua Airport (AXR) | Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |