Nonstop flight route between Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Broome, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Broome International Airport (BME), Broome, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,672 miles (or 13,956 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 Bristol Airport and Broome 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 Bristol Airport and Broome International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BME / YBRM |
Airport Name: | Broome International Airport |
Location: | Broome, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°56'58"S by 122°13'40"E |
Operator/Owner: | Broome International Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 56 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BME |
More Information: | BME Maps & Info |
Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):
- Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
- Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
- 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.
- In 1944, BOAC started to use the airfield for Dakota and Liberator crew training, and BOAC flights made use of it occasionally as an alternate airfield for Whitchurch, and for topping-up fuel on the Bristol–Lisbon route.
- 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 1941 RAF Fighter Command planned to use the airfield for an experimental unit, and after requisitioning land from several adjacent farms, contracted George Wimpey and Company to begin work on 11 June 1941.
- A new asphalt runway surface was laid between November 2006 and March 2007, at a cost of £17 million.
- In January 2001 the airport was purchased for £198m, by a joint venture of Macquarie Bank and Cintra, part of the Ferrovial group.
- From 1948, the site was the home of the Bristol Gliding Club.
Facts about Broome International Airport (BME):
- Because of Broome International Airport's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Broome 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.
- Broome International Airport handled 5,828 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Broome International Airport (BME) is Derby Airport (DRB), which is located 102 miles (165 kilometers) ENE of BME.
- The furthest airport from Broome International Airport (BME) is Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), which is nearly antipodal to Broome International Airport (meaning Broome International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barbuda Codrington Airport), and is located 12,169 miles (19,584 kilometers) away in Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
- Broome International Airport (BME) currently has only 1 runway.