Nonstop flight route between Arno Vale (near Kingstown), Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD), Arno Vale (near Kingstown), Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,280 miles (or 6,888 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 E.T. Joshua Airport and London Biggin Hill 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 E.T. Joshua Airport and London Biggin Hill Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SVD / TVSV |
| Airport Name: | E.T. Joshua Airport |
| Location: | Arno Vale (near Kingstown), Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°8'39"N by 61°12'38"W |
| Area Served: | Arnos Vale |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SVD |
| More Information: | SVD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BQH / EGKB |
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| Location: | Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°19'50"N by 0°1'57"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Regional Airports Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 599 feet (183 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BQH |
| More Information: | BQH Maps & Info |
Facts about E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD):
- The airport houses the St.
- Because of E.T. Joshua Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at E.T. Joshua 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 closest airport to E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) is J. F. Mitchell Airport (BQU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of SVD.
- The furthest airport from E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to E.T. Joshua Airport (meaning E.T. Joshua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,176 miles (19,595 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- E.T. Joshua Airport (SVD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Saint Vincent's Argyle International Airport is expected to be completed by 2013.
Facts about London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH):
- London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) has 2 runways.
- Because of London Biggin Hill Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at London Biggin Hill 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 is the scene of the landing of Sir Leigh Teabing's private jet in the bestselling book, The Da Vinci Code by author Dan Brown.
- The furthest airport from London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,892 miles (19,139 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Construction on a new state-of-the-art hangar alongside the Passenger Terminal commenced in October 2010.
- Between the wars, the airfield was used by a number of experimental units, working on instrument design, ground based anti-aircraft defences, and night flying.
- In 2001, the London Borough of Bromley as freeholder of the airport succeeded in an action in the Court of Appeal.
- In addition to being known as "London Biggin Hill Airport", another name for BQH is "Biggin Hill Airport".
- The closest airport to London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SW of BQH.
- The airport is located on a hill top, just to the east of the Bromley to Westerham road and about 1 mile to the north of the town of Biggin Hill.
