Nonstop flight route between Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Ljubljana, Slovenia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), Ljubljana, Slovenia would travel a Great Circle distance of 856 miles (or 1,378 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 relatively short distance between Bristol Airport and Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):

• 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.
• By 1980, although 17 charter airlines were operating from the airport, it was making a loss.
• 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 application was eventually submitted in 2009.
• 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.
• Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 6 February 1945, 1540 BATF left for RAF Weston Zoyland.
• Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
• In addition to the purchase price of £55,000, the city spent a further £200,000 by 1958 on building the terminal and other development.
• Whitchurch airport continued to be used after World War II, but the introduction of heavier post-war airliners made a runway extension highly desirable.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
• In 2008, the airport drew 47.7% of its passengers from the former county of Avon area, 11.7% from Somerset and 8.8% from Devon.

Facts about Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU):

• In 2007, the then centre-right government proposed renaming the airport from Aerodrom Ljubljana to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport", another name for LJU is "Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana".
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport handled 1,321,100 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,879 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On December 8, 2004, the airport received its first annual millionth passenger.
• The airport has a 3,300 m × 45 m paved runway which is equipped with ILS Cat IIIb on runway 30.
• The closest airport to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) N of LJU.