Nonstop flight route between Bisbee/Douglas, Arizona, United States and Bristol, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG), Bisbee/Douglas, Arizona, United States and Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,205 miles (or 8,376 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 Bisbee Douglas International Airport and Bristol 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 Bisbee Douglas International Airport and Bristol Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG):

• The closest airport to Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG) is Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SSE of DUG.
• Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG) has 2 runways.
• Bisbee Douglas International Airport is a county-owned airport nine miles northwest of Douglas and 17 miles east of Bisbee, both in Cochise County, Arizona.
• The airport was built between 1941 and 1943 and was a bomber training airfield during World War II.
• Because of Bisbee Douglas International Airport's high elevation of 4,154 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DUG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DUG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,517 miles (18,535 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):

• The A4 service operated by Bath Bus Company runs to Bath.
• Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction.
• Bristol Airport does not operate any jetways, so aircraft have to park on the apron and passengers either walk out to their flights or are carried by bus.
• Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
• 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.
• During World War II, Whitchurch was the main civil airport remaining operational.
• 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.
• In May 2001, the low-cost carrier Go Fly made Bristol Airport its second base after Stansted.
• In 1927 a group of local businessmen raised £6,000 through public subscription to start the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, a flying club initially based at Filton Aerodrome.
• The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
• In January 2001 the airport was purchased for £198m, by a joint venture of Macquarie Bank and Cintra, part of the Ferrovial group.