Nonstop flight route between West Columbia (near Columbia), South Carolina, United States and Béziers, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), West Columbia (near Columbia), South Carolina, United States and Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (BZR), Béziers, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,410 miles (or 7,096 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 Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Béziers Cap d'Agde 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 Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAE / KCAE |
Airport Name: | Columbia Metropolitan Airport |
Location: | West Columbia (near Columbia), South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°56'20"N by 81°7'9"W |
Area Served: | Columbia, South Carolina |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 236 feet (72 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAE |
More Information: | CAE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BZR / LFMU |
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Location: | Béziers, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°19'23"N by 3°21'11"E |
Area Served: | Béziers |
Operator/Owner: | CCI Béziers Saint-Pons |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 56 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BZR |
More Information: | BZR Maps & Info |
Facts about Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE):
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport is the main commercial airport for Columbia and the Midlands region of South Carolina.
- Because of Columbia Metropolitan Airport's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at Columbia Metropolitan 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.
- Police and Fire/Rescue services are provided by the Columbia Metro Airport Department of Public Safety.
- In November 1982, Piedmont Airlines returned to Columbia with flights to Charlotte and later Newark.
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport handled 1,027,699 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) is Jim Hamilton - L.B. Owens Airport (CUB), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ENE of CAE.
- One of the earliest units to train at Columbia AAB was the 17th Bombardment Group, which arrived on 9 February 1942.
- The furthest airport from Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,508 miles (18,520 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) has 2 runways.
Facts about Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (BZR):
- In addition to being known as "Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport", another name for BZR is "Aéroport Béziers Cap d'Agde".
- Because of its comparatively short runway measuring 1,820 m × 30 m, the airport was unable to benefit from the growth of low-cost flights that had fuelled expansion at other airports in the region.
- The furthest airport from Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (BZR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (meaning Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,402 miles (19,959 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Béziers Cap d'Agde 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.
- Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (BZR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport (BZR) is Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport (MPL), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) ENE of BZR.