Nonstop flight route between Cabimas, Venezuela and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oro Negro Airport (CBS), Cabimas, Venezuela and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,797 miles (or 7,720 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 Oro Negro Airport and Birmingham 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 Oro Negro Airport and Birmingham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Oro Negro Airport (CBS):

• Oro Negro Airport (CBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Oro Negro Airport (CBS) is La Chinita International Airport (MAR), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WNW of CBS.
• In addition to being known as "Oro Negro Airport", another name for CBS is "Aeropuerto Oro Negro".
• Because of Oro Negro Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Oro Negro 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.
• The furthest airport from Oro Negro Airport (CBS) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Oro Negro Airport (meaning Oro Negro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,249 miles (19,712 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.

Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• Birmingham Airport is accessible from the north and south via Junction Six of the M42 motorway.
• The runway extension will be officially opened on 22 July 2014 and will be marked by a series of charter flights operated by China Southern Airlines to Beijing.
• Although initial plans for a second runway were scrapped, this is now firmly back on the airports agenda ahead of the report into Britains aviation strategy being published.
• Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In August 2013, the old carriageway of the A45 road was closed and the new carriage way was opened.
• Birmingham has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• As part of the proposed High Speed Two rail link, a new railway station called Birmingham Interchange would be built to serve both the airport and the National Exhibition Centre.
• The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.