Nonstop flight route between Gibraltar and Bahawalpur, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar and Bahawalpur Airport (BHV), Bahawalpur, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,385 miles (or 7,058 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 Gibraltar International Airport and Bahawalpur 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 Gibraltar International Airport and Bahawalpur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):

• In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
• The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
• The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
• In 2004 the airport handled 314,375 passengers and 380 tonnes of cargo.
• Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• By late 2005 and early 2006, the implementation of a new agreement was one of the main topics of the Gibraltar Trilateral Forum being held between the Governments of Gibraltar, Spain and the United Kingdom.
• Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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.
• The old terminal at the airport was built in 1959 and refurbished in the late 1990s.
• There is one terminal at Gibraltar International.

Facts about Bahawalpur Airport (BHV):

• The furthest airport from Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Bahawalpur Airport (meaning Bahawalpur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,271 miles (19,748 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Bahawalpur Airport", another name for BHV is "Sheikh Rashid Airport".
• The airport was re-developed from funds of the United Arab Emirates government.
• The airport consists of arrival and departure halls, new airline offices, logistics, engineering and security support centres as well as cargo areas and passenger and cargo aircraft-parking bays.
• The closest airport to Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) is Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX), which is located 62 miles (99 kilometers) NNW of BHV.
• Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bahawalpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Bahawalpur 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.