Nonstop flight route between Kayenta, Arizona, United States and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kayenta Airport (MVM), Kayenta, Arizona, United States and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,932 miles (or 7,938 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 Kayenta 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 Kayenta 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 Kayenta Airport (MVM):

• Because of Kayenta Airport's high elevation of 5,688 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MVM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MVM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kayenta Airport (MVM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kayenta Airport (MVM) is Bullfrog Basin Airport (BFG), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) NNW of MVM.
• The furthest airport from Kayenta Airport (MVM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,203 miles (18,029 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Kayenta Airport", another name for MVM is "0V7".

Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• Birmingham Airport is 5.5 NM east-south-east of Birmingham city centre, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.
• The runway extension will be officially opened on 22 July 2014 and will be marked by a series of charter flights operated by China Southern Airlines to Beijing.
• 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 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.
• On 23 February 2011, it was reported that Birmingham Airport had announced the HS2 extension could be a solution to runway capacity problems in London, citing that will be quicker to get to London from Birmingham than from London Stansted once completed and claimed that the airport had capacity for nine million more passengers.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of 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.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
• It's also been estimated that if these plans were to go ahead, the airport could handle around 70,000,000 passengers annually, and around 500,000 aircraft movements.