Nonstop flight route between St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT), Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,572 miles (or 7,357 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 St Mary's Airport and Jack Brooks Regional 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 St Mary's Airport and Jack Brooks Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISC / EGHE |
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| Location: | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°54'47"N by 6°17'30"W |
| Area Served: | Isles of Scilly |
| Operator/Owner: | Council of the Isles of Scilly |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ISC |
| More Information: | ISC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BPT / KBPT |
| Airport Name: | Jack Brooks Regional Airport |
| Location: | Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°57'2"N by 94°1'14"W |
| Area Served: | Beaumont / Port Arthur, Texas |
| Operator/Owner: | Jefferson County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BPT |
| More Information: | BPT Maps & Info |
Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):
- The closest airport to St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
- Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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 St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- On 15 September 1937, Olley Air Service's subsidiary Channel Air Ferries started the first scheduled service between Land's End and St Mary's, flying de Havilland Dragons.
- St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
- St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
- St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
- In 1975, a new terminal was opened by the then incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
- The current 600m asphalt runway, 15/33, was built in 1991.
- In May 2013, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and the Council of the Isles of Scilly submitted a joint bid for finance from the European Regional Development Fund for improvements to the terminal, new lighting and navigational systems and runway resurfacing, together with runway resurfacing at Land's End Airport.
- In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
Facts about Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT):
- Because of Jack Brooks Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Jack Brooks Regional 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 closest airport to Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT) is Beaumont Municipal Airport (BMT), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NW of BPT.
- In addition, a number of independent commuter airlines served Beaumont/Port Arthur at various times over the years including Metro Airlines with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Short 330 turboprop flights nonstop to Houston, Royale Airlines with Embraer EMB-110 "Bandeirante" turboprop service nonstop to Houston and direct to New Orleans, Air Texana with nonstop Beechcraft prop aircraft service to Houston/Hobby Airport as well as nonstop Douglas DC-3 flights to New Orleans, and Conquest Airlines with Beechcraft 1900C and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop service nonstop to Austin and Dallas Love Field.
- The furthest airport from Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,026 miles (17,745 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT) has 2 runways.
- Jack Brooks Regional Airport, formerly Southeast Texas Regional Airport, is a public airport located near Port Arthur, Texas, United States, nine miles southeast of the central business district of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur.
- American Airlines then announced their American Eagle affiliate would once again serve the airport effective February 14, 2013 with flights to Dallas/Ft.
