Nonstop flight route between Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom and Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế, Vietnam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom and Phu Bai International Airport (HUI), Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,163 miles (or 9,918 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 Bristol Filton Airport and Phu Bai 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 Bristol Filton Airport and Phu Bai 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 Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):

• After WW2, the concrete runway at Filton Aerodrome was extended westwards to enable the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner to take-off safely.
• The closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
• In 1960 the British Aircraft Corporation took over the aircraft interests of the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
• In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
• Bristol Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome was an airport on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, 4 NM north of Bristol, England.
• The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
• From 1929 the 501 Squadron was based at RAF Filton.
• Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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 the early 1950s, British Overseas Airways Corporation flew their Lockheed Constellations and Boeing Stratocruisers into Filton to be serviced in the newly completed Brabazon Hangar, then the largest hangar in the world.
• The company grew rapidly during WWI, building thousands of Bristol Fighters and other aircraft.

Facts about Phu Bai International Airport (HUI):

• The closest airport to Phu Bai International Airport (HUI) is Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) SE of HUI.
• The furthest airport from Phu Bai International Airport (HUI) is Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), which is nearly antipodal to Phu Bai International Airport (meaning Phu Bai International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Arequipa, Peru.
• Phu Bai International Airport (HUI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Phu Bai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Phu Bai 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 "Phu Bai International Airport", another name for HUI is "Sân bay Quốc tế Phú Bài".