Nonstop flight route between Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom and Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom and Bikini Atoll Airport (BII), Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,008 miles (or 12,888 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 Bikini Atoll 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 Bikini Atoll 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):

• London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• In May 1992 the Department of Transport issued a direction to the Council under s.13 of the Airports Act 1986.
• 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 2001, the London Borough of Bromley as freeholder of the airport succeeded in an action in the Court of Appeal.
• The closest airport to London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SW of BQH.
• Construction on a new state-of-the-art hangar alongside the Passenger Terminal commenced in October 2010.
• 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.
• Meanwhile, the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre moved to RAF Cranwell in 1992, marking the end of active RAF involvement.
• During the Second World War the airfield was one of the commanding bases for the Battle of Britain, with both Spitfires and Hurricanes from a variety of squadrons being based there.
• In addition to being known as "London Biggin Hill Airport", another name for BQH is "Biggin Hill Airport".

Facts about Bikini Atoll Airport (BII):

• The closest airport to Bikini Atoll Airport (BII) is Rongelap Airport (RNP), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) ESE of BII.
• Bikini Atoll Airport (BII) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bikini Atoll Airport (BII) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Bikini Atoll Airport (meaning Bikini Atoll Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,191 miles (19,620 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.