Nonstop flight route between Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico and Bridgetown, Barbados:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL), Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,908 miles (or 4,679 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 General Leobardo C. Ruiz 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 General Leobardo C. Ruiz 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 General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL):

• Because of General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport's high elevation of 7,141 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ZCL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ZCL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) is Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSE of ZCL.
• The furthest airport from General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,529 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport", another name for ZCL is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Leobardo C. Ruiz".
• General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport handled 259,677 passengers last year.
• General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) has 2 runways.

Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):

• Since Grantley Adams International Airport had become a relatively busy airport for such a small island, and based on the fact that future air traffic to the facilities is expected to increase, the Government of Barbados commenced a US$100 million programme to revamp the Airport's current infrastructure.
• Grantley Adams Airport also serves as the main air-transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean.
• The Airport has a single east-westerly runway, connected by five taxiway intersections with the aircraft parking area which is adjacent to the main terminals.
• Air transportation at the site of present day airport, then known as Seawell Airport, goes back as far as the late 1930s.
• 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 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.
• 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.