Nonstop flight route between Mustique Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mustique Airport (MQS), Mustique Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,241 miles (or 6,825 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 Mustique Airport and Birmingham 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 Mustique Airport and Birmingham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mustique Airport (MQS):

• The closest airport to Mustique Airport (MQS) is J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NW of MQS.
• The furthest airport from Mustique Airport (MQS) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Mustique Airport (meaning Mustique Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,622 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
• Because of Mustique Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Mustique 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.
• Mustique Airport (MQS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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.
• In August 2013, the old carriageway of the A45 road was closed and the new carriage way was opened.
• The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Birmingham Airport is served by Birmingham International station.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• During the post-war years, public events, such as air fairs and air races were held on the site.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• Plans for the extension of the airport runway and the construction of the new air traffic control tower were submitted to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in January 2008 and approved in March 2009.
• Birmingham Airport is 5.5 NM east-south-east of Birmingham city centre, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport is an airport located 5.5 nautical miles east southeast of Birmingham city centre, at Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull within the West Midlands, England.
• Although initial plans for a second runway were scrapped, this is now firmly back on the airports agenda ahead of the report into Britains aviation strategy being published.