Nonstop flight route between Henderson, United States and Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), Henderson, United States and Bournemouth Airport (BOH), Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,207 miles (or 8,380 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 Henderson Executive Airport and Bournemouth 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 Henderson Executive Airport and Bournemouth Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Henderson Executive Airport (HSH):

• In addition to being known as "Henderson Executive Airport", another name for HSH is "HND".
• Henderson Executive Airport (HSH) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Henderson Executive Airport (HSH) is McCarran International Airport (LAS), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) N of HSH.
• Henderson Executive Airport covers an area of 760 acres at an elevation of 2,492 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Henderson Executive Airport (HSH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,313 miles (18,206 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Bournemouth Airport (BOH):

• The closest airport to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Southampton Airport (SOU), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ENE of BOH.
• Adjacent to the entrance to Bournemouth Airport was the College of Air Traffic Control, operated by NATS, the now privatised provider of air traffic control services in the UK.
• Because of Bournemouth Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Bournemouth 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.
• Bournemouth Airport handled 660,272 passengers last year.
• Following the closure of European Aviation Air Charter, Palmair chartered various aircraft types from Jet2, Viking, Blue Line, Tor Air and Astraeus, before unveiling their new Astraeus-leased Boeing 737-500 on 13 May 2009.
• Bath Travel's Palmair remained the prime user of the airport, with a 737-200 permanently based there.
• Bournemouth Airport (BOH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1996, a new extension to the main runway was officially opened by the arrival of Concorde.
• Vickers-Armstrongs took over some ex-BOAC hangars at Hurn in 1951 and started production of Varsities, then Viscounts and eventually, as the British Aircraft Corporation, the BAC One-Eleven.
• The furthest airport from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,218 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Nearly all Vickers Viscounts, BAC 1-11s, and BAC Strikemasters were built at this site.