Nonstop flight route between Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Barisal, Bangladesh:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Barisal Airport (BZL), Barisal, Bangladesh would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,981 miles (or 8,016 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 London Southend Airport and Barisal 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 London Southend Airport and Barisal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London Southend Airport (SEN):

• Because of London Southend Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at London Southend 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.
• During the 1960s, Southend was the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom.
• In 1946, the airfield was decommissioned from military use and civil aviation returned in 1947, as did the Southend Municipal Airport name.
• Annual passenger traffic first peaked in 1967, at 692,000.
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• Freddie Laker's Air Charter Limited operated flights from Southend from 1949.
• The airport is served by buses operated by Arriva Southend from the airport entrance to Southend, Rochford, Ashingdon, Hawkwell, Hockley, Eastwood and Rayleigh.
• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• Companies located at and around the airport employ over 1,000 skilled workers, providing services such as engineering and maintenance work on airliners, including re-spraying, refurbishment, upgrades to avionics, manufacture of aircraft seats and the installation of new or hush-kitted engines.
• A four-star Holiday Inn hotel located adjacent to the airport entrance opened on 1 October 2012.
• The furthest airport from London Southend Airport (SEN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Barisal Airport (BZL):

• Because of Barisal Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Barisal 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 airport has served 158,987 passengers between 1995 to 2009.
• The furthest airport from Barisal Airport (BZL) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• Barisal Airport (BZL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Barisal Airport (BZL) is Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) N of BZL.
• The airport is located close to Barisal city in Rahamatpur area of Babuganj Upazila.