Nonstop flight route between Brownsville, Texas, United States and Bristol, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), Brownsville, Texas, United States and Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,032 miles (or 8,098 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 Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport and Bristol 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 Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport and Bristol Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRO / KBRO |
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Location: | Brownsville, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°54'24"N by 97°25'32"W |
Area Served: | Brownsville / South Padre Island, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Brownsville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRO |
More Information: | BRO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRS / EGGD |
Airport Name: | Bristol Airport |
Location: | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°22'58"N by 2°43'9"W |
Area Served: | Bristol Gloucestershire Somerset |
Operator/Owner: | South West Airports Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 622 feet (190 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRS |
More Information: | BRS Maps & Info |
Facts about Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO):
- Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport covers an area of 1,700 acres at an elevation of 22 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of BRO.
- Because of Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Brownsville/South Padre Island 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.
- The National Weather Service forecast office for Deep South Texas is located on the airport grounds.
- The furthest airport from Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,143 miles (17,933 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
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- The airport is the largest air cargo handling airport in the Rio Grande Valley.
- In addition to being known as "Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport", another name for BRO is "(former Brownsville Army Airfield)".
- For the first year of the United States' involvement in combat of the war, Pan American continued to operate the airport, providing training to Ferrying Command pilots and ground mechanics assigned to the 18th Transport Transition Training Detachment.
- Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) has 3 runways.
Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):
- Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
- On 6 February 1945, 1540 BATF left for RAF Weston Zoyland.
- Because of Bristol Airport's relatively low elevation of 622 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol 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 January 2001 the airport was purchased for £198m, by a joint venture of Macquarie Bank and Cintra, part of the Ferrovial group.
- Bristol Airport does not operate any jetways, so aircraft have to park on the apron and passengers either walk out to their flights or are carried by bus.
- The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
- Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In response to the UK Governments's 2003 White Paper The Future of Air Transport, the airport published a Master Plan for expansion over the period 2006–2030.
- The furthest airport from Bristol Airport (BRS) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,217 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.