Nonstop flight route between Brussels, Belgium and Kingsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brussels Airport (BRU), Brussels, Belgium and Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI), Kingsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,262 miles (or 8,468 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 Brussels 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 Brussels 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 Brussels Airport (BRU):

• The closest airport to Brussels Airport (BRU) is Antwerp International Airport (ANR), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) N of BRU.
• Pier A is the newest pier on Brussels Airport and was opened on 15 May 2002.
• Shops, bars and restaurants are scattered throughout the building.
• The furthest airport from Brussels Airport (BRU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,945 miles (19,223 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 18 February 2013, in the 2013 Belgium diamond heist, eight men armed with automatic weapons and dressed in police uniforms seized 120 small parcels containing an estimated US$50 million worth of diamonds off of a Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 passenger plane loaded with passengers preparing for departure to Zurich, Switzerland.
• Because of Brussels Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Brussels 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.
• From 6 December 2013, all passengers have 30 minutes free Wi-Fi access.
• Brussels Airport handled 19,133,222 passengers last year.
• In 2007, the airport served 17.8 million passengers, an increase of 7% over 2006.
• Brussels Airport (BRU) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Brussels Airport", another name for BRU is "Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal (Dutch)Aéroport de Bruxelles-National (French)".
• In 1956 a new 2,300 m runway was constructed, the 07R/25L which runs parallel with 07L/25R.

Facts about Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI):

• Under the current US Navy organization known as Commander, Naval Installations, NAS Corpus Christi and NAS Kingsville are part of Navy Region Southeast headquartered at NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
• 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.
• NAS Kingsville’s operation is the natural complement of NAS Corpus Christi.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville is one of the U.S.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) has 4 runways.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Kingsville", another name for NQI is "KNQI - FAA: NQI".