Nonstop flight route between Angleton / Lake Jackson, Texas, United States and Bridgetown, Barbados:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN), Angleton / Lake Jackson, Texas, United States and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,555 miles (or 4,112 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Grantley Adams International 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN):

• Because of Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Texas Gulf Coast 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) is Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of LJN.
• Currently, Dow Chemical operates two corporate-owned Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft from the airport flying its employees to and from MBS International Airport in Midland, Michigan and also to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Louisiana.
• Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport", another name for LJN is "LBX".
• The furthest airport from Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,026 miles (17,744 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• On March 24, 2010, the Brazoria County Commissioners' Court voted to change the name of the airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, effective October 1, 2010.
• In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport was linked to the national airway grid with regularly scheduled airline service.

Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• The head office of the Barbados Civil Aviation Department is located on the airport property, along the western edge of the arrivals terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
• On 1 June 2007, the Bds$1.7 million Club Caribbean Executive Lounge and Business Centre was opened as an added amenity for business travellers.
• The terrain around the airport is relatively flat and quite suburban.
• The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
• The furthest airport from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Tardamu Airport (SAU), which is nearly antipodal to Grantley Adams International Airport (meaning Grantley Adams International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tardamu Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.