Nonstop flight route between Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM), Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Bournemouth Airport (BOH), Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,093 miles (or 8,197 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 General Servando Canales International Airport and Bournemouth 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 General Servando Canales International Airport and Bournemouth Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM):

• The closest airport to General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM) is Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of MAM.
• General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "General Servando Canales International Airport", another name for MAM is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Servando Canales".
• Because of General Servando Canales International Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at General Servando Canales International 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 General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,152 miles (17,947 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Bournemouth Airport (BOH):

• The nearest other airports serving the area are Exeter International Airport, Bristol Airport and Southampton Airport.
• From November 1944 the airfield took over from Bristol's Whitchurch airport as the main operating base for British Overseas Airways Corporation until Heathrow fully opened in 1948.
• The closest airport to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Southampton Airport (SOU), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ENE of BOH.
• Bournemouth Airport handled 660,272 passengers last year.
• Because of Bournemouth Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Bournemouth 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.
• Vickers-Armstrongs took over some ex-BOAC hangars at Hurn in 1951 and started production of Varsities, then Viscounts and eventually, as the British Aircraft Corporation, the BAC One-Eleven.
• In July 2009 the airport's busiest route to Glasgow-Prestwick was discontinued, and an announcement soon followed to discontinue the Edinburgh route which ended on 27 March 2010.
• Nearly all Vickers Viscounts, BAC 1-11s, and BAC Strikemasters were built at this site.
• In 2012, Aer Arann and Aerlingus launched a franchised service to Dublin six times a week.
• In 2003, EAC acquired six Boeing 747-200s from British Airways, with the intention of operating long haul holidays from the airport.
• Bournemouth Airport is situated on the edge of Hurn village in the Borough of Christchurch, 4 miles north of Bournemouth, 1 mile west of the A338 and approximately 100 miles south west of London.
• Bournemouth Airport (BOH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,218 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 9 January 2008, Ryanair announced that they would base one of their Boeing 737-800s at Bournemouth from April 2008.