Nonstop flight route between São Vicente, Cape Verde and Bridgetown, Barbados:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE), São Vicente, Cape Verde and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,310 miles (or 3,718 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 relatively short distance between Cesária Évora International Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VXE / GVSV |
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| Location: | São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| GPS Coordinates: | 16°49'59"N by 25°3'24"W |
| Area Served: | Mindelo |
| Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos Segurança Aérea (ASA) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VXE |
| More Information: | VXE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGI / TBPB |
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| Location: | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°4'28"N by 59°29'32"W |
| Area Served: | Barbados |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Barbados |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGI |
| More Information: | BGI Maps & Info |
Facts about Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE):
- In addition to being known as "Cesária Évora International Airport", another name for VXE is "Aeroporto Internacional Cesária Évora".
- Because of Cesária Évora International Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Cesária Évora International 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 Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) N of VXE.
- Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) is Misima Airport (MIS), which is located 11,989 miles (19,295 kilometers) away in Misima Island, Papua New Guinea.
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):
- To the east of the main Sir Grantley Adams Airport is the 8,534 m2 site of the British Airways Concorde Museum on the old Spencers Plantation.
- The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
- Grantley Adams International Airport lies 12.9 km from the centre of the capital city Bridgetown, in an area officially known as Seawell.
- After the expansion project, the airport's arrivals facility was moved to a separate brand-new 70,000-square-foot building adjacent to the previous structure.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
