Nonstop flight route between Phaplu, Nepal and Bristol, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Phaplu Airport (PPL), Phaplu, Nepal and Bristol Airport (BRS), Bristol, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,728 miles (or 7,608 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 Phaplu Airport and Bristol 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 Phaplu Airport and Bristol Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPL / VNPL | 
| Airport Name: | Phaplu Airport | 
| Location: | Phaplu, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°31'5"N by 86°35'3"E | 
| Area Served: | Phaplu, Nepal | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 7918 feet (2,413 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from PPL | 
| More Information: | PPL Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRS / EGGD | 
| Airport Name: | Bristol Airport | 
| Location: | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°22'58"N by 2°43'9"W | 
| Area Served: | Bristol Gloucestershire Somerset | 
| Operator/Owner: | South West Airports Limited | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 622 feet (190 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BRS | 
| More Information: | BRS Maps & Info | 
Facts about Phaplu Airport (PPL):
- The furthest airport from Phaplu Airport (PPL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,455 miles (18,435 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Phaplu Airport's high elevation of 7,918 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PPL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PPL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Phaplu Airport (PPL) is Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of PPL.
Facts about Bristol Airport (BRS):
- The furthest airport from Bristol Airport (BRS) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,941 miles (19,217 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- From 1948, the site was the home of the Bristol Gliding Club.
- Bristol Airport handled 6,131,896 passengers last year.
- Because of Bristol Airport's relatively low elevation of 622 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol 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.
- A planning application for an on-site 251-room hotel was approved separately in 2010.
- Bristol Airport (BRS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In May 2001, the low-cost carrier Go Fly made Bristol Airport its second base after Stansted.
- In 1944, BOAC started to use the airfield for Dakota and Liberator crew training, and BOAC flights made use of it occasionally as an alternate airfield for Whitchurch, and for topping-up fuel on the Bristol–Lisbon route.
- The closest airport to Bristol Airport (BRS) is Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BRS.
- A new asphalt runway surface was laid between November 2006 and March 2007, at a cost of £17 million.




