Nonstop flight route between Brownsville, Texas, United States and Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), Brownsville, Texas, United States and Jersey Airport (JER), Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,106 miles (or 8,218 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 Jersey 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 Jersey Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO):

• The airport is served by two commercial airlines, six air taxis and offers three FBOs for general aviation.
• 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.
• With the end of the Pacific War in August 1945, operations at Brownsville AAF were dramatically reduced.
• 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.
• Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport", another name for BRO is "(former Brownsville Army Airfield)".

Facts about Jersey Airport (JER):

• There are approximately 55,000 aircraft movements and 1.4 million passengers annually at the airport based on 2013 statistics.
• Cargo flights, including daily mail and paper services, which are handled by OceanAir Handling, are operated by Atlantic Airlines and Capital Trading Aviation.
• The runway was lengthened several times over the years, reaching its current length of 5,560 ft in 1976.
• The closest airport to Jersey Airport (JER) is Guernsey Airport (GCI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NW of JER.
• The States of Jersey decided to build an airport which opened on 10 March 1937 with four grass runways, the longest being 2,940 ft with a concrete centreline.
• Jersey Airport (JER) currently has only 1 runway.
• Jersey Airport handled 1,453,863 passengers last year.
• Aviation Beauport Ltd is based at Jersey Airport and offers worldwide private charter flights.
• The furthest airport from Jersey Airport (JER) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Jersey Airport (meaning Jersey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Jersey Airport's relatively low elevation of 277 feet, planes can take off or land at Jersey 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.