Nonstop flight route between Longana, Ambae Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu and Bridgetown, Barbados:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Longana Airport (LOD), Longana, Ambae Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,260 miles (or 14,903 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 Longana 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 Longana 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 Longana Airport (LOD):

• Because of Longana Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Longana 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 Longana Airport (LOD) is Sélibaby Airport (SEY), which is nearly antipodal to Longana Airport (meaning Longana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sélibaby Airport), and is located 12,422 miles (19,992 kilometers) away in Sélibaby, Mauritania.
• The closest airport to Longana Airport (LOD) is Sara Airport (SSR), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SE of LOD.

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.
• Grantley Adams Airport also serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
• The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
• As of 2008, parking is available outside the airport at a rate of Bds$2.00 per hour or a maximum rate Bds$12.00 daily.
• In 1983, the US-sponsored invasion of Grenada prompted the United States to form yet another agreement with Barbados.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• Since Grantley Adams International Airport had become a relatively busy airport for such a small island, and based on the fact that future air traffic to the facilities is expected to increase, the Government of Barbados commenced a US$100 million programme to revamp the Airport's current infrastructure.
• Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.