Nonstop flight route between Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Bristol, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,146 miles (or 8,281 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 McCarran 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 McCarran 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 McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• Terminal 3, opened on June 27, 2012, is used for all international flights as well as some domestic airlines.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In 2003 the airport announced it was implementing a baggage-tracking system that will use Radio-frequency identification bag tags from Matrics Inc.
• The US Airways night-flight hub operation, established in 1986 by predecessor America West Airlines, made the carrier McCarran's second busiest airline.
• American aviator George Crockett, a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett, established Alamo Airport in 1942 on the site currently occupied by McCarran International.

Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):

• The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
• During World War II, Whitchurch was the main civil airport remaining operational.
• Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• By 1980, although 17 charter airlines were operating from the airport, it was making a loss.
• Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
• A planning application for an on-site 251-room hotel was approved separately in 2010.
• In 1941 RAF Fighter Command planned to use the airfield for an experimental unit, and after requisitioning land from several adjacent farms, contracted George Wimpey and Company to begin work on 11 June 1941.
• 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.
• 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.