Nonstop flight route between Paro, Bhutan and Bridgetown, Barbados:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paro International Airport (PBH), Paro, Bhutan and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,949 miles (or 14,402 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 Paro International 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 Paro International 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 Paro International Airport (PBH):

• The closest airport to Paro International Airport (PBH) is Cooch Behar Airport (COH), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) SSE of PBH.
• In 2002, the airport handled 37,200 passengers and 91,000 tonnes of cargo.
• The furthest airport from Paro International Airport (PBH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,281 miles (18,155 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Paro International Airport's high elevation of 7,300 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PBH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PBH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Bathpalathang Airport in Bumthang district and Yongphulla Airport in Trashigang District are two other airports in the country.
• Paro International Airport (PBH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• In 1983, the US-sponsored invasion of Grenada prompted the United States to form yet another agreement with Barbados.
• In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
• The terminal currently has 22 ground level gates.
• 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.
• 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 terrain around the airport is relatively flat and quite suburban.
• Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
• "Alpha Echo" was also the last Concorde to fly supersonic on 17 November 2003, on its delivery flight to Barbados.
• Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
• Phase I, which is now complete, saw an upgrading of the runways, taxiways, parking aprons, and approach lighting.