Nonstop flight route between Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia and Birmingham, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH), Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia and Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,938 miles (or 15,994 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 Hang Nadim International Airport and Birmingham-Shuttlesworth 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 Hang Nadim International Airport and Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH):

• Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Hang Nadim International Airport (meaning Hang Nadim International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• Hang Nadim Airport, also known as Hang Nadim International Airport, is located in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
• Starting 2016, BP Batam and investors from Korea will start building a monorail from Hang Nadim International Airport to Batu Ampar for about 29 km.
• Because of Hang Nadim International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Hang Nadim 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.
• In addition to being known as "Hang Nadim International Airport", other names for BTH include "Bandar Udara Internasional Hang Nadim" and "WIKB".
• The closest airport to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) is Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NNW of BTH.
• At end of May 2014, Hang Nadim International Airport accompanied with the previous five, Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali.

Facts about Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM):

• By 1959 Runway 5/23 was 10,000 feet and service was started to Birmingham by Capital Airlines with British-made Vickers Viscounts.
• Terminal A referred to the former 1962 terminal, which was still in use as office space until it was closed in 2011.
• The closest airport to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) is St. Clair County Airport (PLR), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) E of BHM.
• A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new concourses A and B took place on February 26, 2013.
• Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) has 2 runways.
• An aircraft modification facility on the southwest side of the airport, built during World War II, is now operated by Pemco Aeroplex and owned by Nader Banilohi, with much of its recent work in support of the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,183 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The on-going terminal expansion and modernization project is expected to result in significant changes to the appearance of the terminal and concourses.
• Because of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth 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.