Nonstop flight route between Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom and Asunción, Paraguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), Asunción, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,336 miles (or 10,197 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 London Biggin Hill Airport and Silvio Pettirossi 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 London Biggin Hill Airport and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH):

• Today the airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
• Between the wars, the airfield was used by a number of experimental units, working on instrument design, ground based anti-aircraft defences, and night flying.
• Because of London Biggin Hill Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at London Biggin Hill 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 airport has two runways, aligned roughly north-south and east-west, which intersect at their respective southern and western ends, forming an L shaped configuration.
• In 2001, the London Borough of Bromley as freeholder of the airport succeeded in an action in the Court of Appeal.
• In addition to being known as "London Biggin Hill Airport", another name for BQH is "Biggin Hill Airport".
• Three model aircraft clubs operate within a three mile radius of Biggin Hill Airport.
• The furthest airport from London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,892 miles (19,139 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In May 1992 the Department of Transport issued a direction to the Council under s.13 of the Airports Act 1986.
• The closest airport to London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SW of BQH.
• London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) has 2 runways.

Facts about Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU):

• Because of Silvio Pettirossi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Silvio Pettirossi International 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.
• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport handled 835,323 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Clorinda Airport (CLX), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of ASU.
• The airport serves as hub for TAM Airlines also known as Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A., formerly known as TAM Mercosur and LAP.
• The furthest airport from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA), which is nearly antipodal to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (meaning Silvio Pettirossi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Silvio Pettirossi International Airport", another name for ASU is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción Silvio Pettirossi".