Nonstop flight route between Brigham City, Utah, United States and Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brigham City Airport (BMC), Brigham City, Utah, United States and Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,743 miles (or 7,634 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 Brigham City Airport and Bristol Filton 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 Brigham City Airport and Bristol Filton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brigham City Airport (BMC):

• Brigham City Airport (BMC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brigham City Airport (BMC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,907 miles (17,553 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Brigham City Airport covers an area of 254 acres at an elevation of 4,229 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Brigham City Airport (BMC) is Logan-Cache Airport (LGU), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NNE of BMC.
• Because of Brigham City Airport's high elevation of 4,229 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BMC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BMC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):

• The closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
• Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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.
• In 1960, an RAF Vulcan bomber, approaching from the west, landed at Filton in heavy rain.
• Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
• During the early 1950s, British Overseas Airways Corporation flew their Lockheed Constellations and Boeing Stratocruisers into Filton to be serviced in the newly completed Brabazon Hangar, then the largest hangar in the world.
• Companies within the boundary of the aerodrome are BAE Systems, Airbus, MBDA and Rolls-Royce, as well as a number of aircraft maintenance companies, flying schools and the South West of England Royal Mail letter sorting depot.
• The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The first flight of the Concorde 002 prototype took place on 9 April 1969 at Filton Aerodrome.
• In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
• Following a review of its commercial and economic viability, the airport stakeholders decided to close the airport for business as of 31 December 2012.
• Bristol Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome was an airport on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, 4 NM north of Bristol, England.
• The re-armament programme from 1935 to the outbreak of WWII saw further expansion of the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
• After WW2, the concrete runway at Filton Aerodrome was extended westwards to enable the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner to take-off safely.