Nonstop flight route between León, Guanajuato, Mexico and Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guanajuato International Airport (BJX), León, Guanajuato, Mexico and Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ), Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,929 miles (or 12,761 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 Guanajuato International Airport and Sharq Al-Owainat 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 Guanajuato International Airport and Sharq Al-Owainat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BJX / MMLO |
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Location: | León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°59'35"N by 101°28'50"W |
Area Served: | The State of Guanajuato including León's metropolitan area |
Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5956 feet (1,815 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BJX |
More Information: | BJX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSQ / HEOW |
Airport Name: | Sharq Al-Owainat Airport |
Location: | Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°34'50"N by 28°43'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 859 feet (262 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GSQ |
More Information: | GSQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Guanajuato International Airport (BJX):
- The closest airport to Guanajuato International Airport (BJX) is Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of BJX.
- Because of Guanajuato International Airport's high elevation of 5,956 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BJX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BJX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Guanajuato International Airport (BJX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,452 miles (18,430 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "Guanajuato International Airport", another name for BJX is "Aeropuerto Internacional Del Bajío".
- Guanajuato International Airport (BJX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ):
- The furthest airport from Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (meaning Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,996 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- In August 2009, EgyptAir signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight from the capital's Cairo International Airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region.
- Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport is managed under a Build-Operate-Transfer operation.
- Because of Sharq Al-Owainat Airport's relatively low elevation of 859 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharq Al-Owainat 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 closest airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), which is located 185 miles (298 kilometers) E of GSQ.