Nonstop flight route between Brainerd, Minnesota, United States and Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD), Brainerd, Minnesota, United States and Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,645 miles (or 5,866 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 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport and Belfast 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 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport and Belfast 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 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD):

• The closest airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) S of BRD.
• In addition to being known as "Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport", another name for BRD is "BR".
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,665 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 15,472 enplanements in 2009, and 16,404 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,684 miles (17,193 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) has 3 runways.

Facts about Belfast International Airport (BFS):

• By the 1950s civil air traffic had outstripped the facilities at Nutts Corner and, in addition, aircraft were being regularly diverted to Aldergrove because of adverse weather conditions.
• Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.
• In 2005 Continental Airlines launched the first ever direct scheduled service to Newark, and direct scheduled services were later introduced to Vancouver with Zoom Airlines but have now ceased following the carrier's demise in August 2008.
• The closest airport to Belfast International Airport (BFS) is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) E of BFS.
• Because of Belfast International Airport's relatively low elevation of 268 feet, planes can take off or land at Belfast 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.
• Flyglobespan previously operated summer seasonal services to Orlando Sanford International Airport and John C.
• In January 2011, Bmibaby moved to George Best Belfast City Airport in order to keep its operation under one roof with sister company BMI.
• In addition to being known as "Belfast International Airport", another name for BFS is "Belfast/Aldergrove Airport".
• Around 4 million passengers travelled through the airport in 2013, a 6.7% decrease on 2012.
• Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Belfast International Airport (BFS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,065 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.