Nonstop flight route between Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Kingsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom and Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI), Kingsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,963 miles (or 7,988 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 Naval Air Station Kingsville, 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 Naval Air Station Kingsville. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bristol Airport (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.
• Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
• Bristol Airport, located at Lulsgate Bottom in North Somerset, is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area.
• In January 2001 the airport was purchased for £198m, by a joint venture of Macquarie Bank and Cintra, part of the Ferrovial group.
• 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 closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of 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.
• In March 2010, the airport was rebranded as Bristol Airport.
• 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.
• Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI):

• Because of Naval Air Station Kingsville's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Kingsville 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 closest airport to Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Alice International Airport (ALI), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NW of NQI.
• NAS Kingsville’s operation is the natural complement of NAS Corpus Christi.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Kingsville", another name for NQI is "KNQI - FAA: NQI".
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,916 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) has 4 runways.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville is one of the U.S.