Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Bemidji, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Bemidji Regional Airport (BJI), Bemidji, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,964 miles (or 6,379 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 Gatwick Airport and Bemidji 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 Gatwick Airport and Bemidji Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):

• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• Pope John Paul II arrived at the airport on 28 May 1982 on an Alitalia Boeing 727-200 Advanced, beginning the first papal visit to the United Kingdom.
• BEA Helicopters made Gatwick their administrative and engineering base on 1 January 1964.
• During the late 1920s, land adjacent to the racecourse was used as an aerodrome.
• The furthest airport from Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In May 1950, Gatwick's first charter flight left the airport's original grass runway for Calvi on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
• Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick 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.

Facts about Bemidji Regional Airport (BJI):

• The closest airport to Bemidji Regional Airport (BJI) is Detroit Lakes Airport (DTL), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) SW of BJI.
• The airport is mostly used for general aviation.
• Bemidji Regional Airport covers an area of 1,740 acres at an elevation of 1,391 feet above mean sea level.
• Bemidji Regional Airport (BJI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bemidji Regional Airport (BJI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,622 miles (17,095 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.