Nonstop flight route between Bajawa, Indonesia and Bridgetown, Barbados:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW), Bajawa, Indonesia and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,133 miles (or 19,526 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 Bajawa Soa Airport and Grantley Adams 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 Bajawa Soa Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between BJW and BGI makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Bajawa Soa Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between BJW and BGI are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Bajawa, Indonesia and Bridgetown, Barbados by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between BJW and BGI!

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Facts about Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW):

• The closest airport to Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) ESE of BJW.
• Because of Bajawa Soa Airport's high elevation of 4,326 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BJW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BJW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bajawa Soa Airport", other names for BJW include "Bandar Udara Soa" and "WATB".
• The furthest airport from Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to Bajawa Soa Airport (meaning Bajawa Soa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,784 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.

Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• After the expansion project, the airport's arrivals facility was moved to a separate brand-new 70,000-square-foot building adjacent to the previous structure.
• The terrain around the airport is relatively flat and quite suburban.
• Since Grantley Adams International Airport had become a relatively busy airport for such a small island, and based on the fact that future air traffic to the facilities is expected to increase, the Government of Barbados commenced a US$100 million programme to revamp the Airport's current infrastructure.
• Grantley Adams International Airport, as it is known today, handles most large aircraft including Boeing 747s.
• The head office of the Barbados Civil Aviation Department is located on the airport property, along the western edge of the arrivals terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• The airport resides at an elevation of 52 metres above mean sea level.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Tardamu Airport (SAU), which is nearly antipodal to Grantley Adams International Airport (meaning Grantley Adams International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tardamu Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.