Nonstop flight route between Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Helsinki / Malmi, Finland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), Helsinki / Malmi, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,201 miles (or 1,933 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 George Best Belfast City Airport and Helsinki-Malmi Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHD / EGAC |
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Location: | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°37'5"N by 5°52'20"W |
Area Served: | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | ABN AMRO |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHD |
More Information: | BHD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HEM / EFHF |
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Location: | Helsinki / Malmi, Finland |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°15'14"N by 25°2'39"E |
Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 57 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HEM |
More Information: | HEM Maps & Info |
Facts about George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD):
- George Best Belfast City Airport handled 2,541,759 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is Belfast International Airport (BFS), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WNW of BHD.
- The airport is located on the A2, Sydenham by-pass road between Belfast and Holywood.
- In October 2012 Aer Lingus moved its services from Belfast International to the Airport.
- In March 2006, it was announced that the airport would be renamed in memory of Northern Irish footballer George Best.
- In addition to being known as "George Best Belfast City Airport", another name for BHD is "Belfast City Airport".
- Because of George Best Belfast City Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at George Best Belfast City 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.
- Passenger numbers increased by 4.5% from 2,621,763 in 2009 to 2,740,341 in 2010, the highest total on record at the airport.
- George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,843 miles (19,059 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
Facts about Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM):
- Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM) has 2 runways.
- The Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered in June 2005 from the Civil Aviation Administration a new assessment of the alternatives and costs.
- For a long time, the City of Helsinki has had plans to close the airport in order to use the area for construction of new residential zones, but this decision had been debated and deferred for many years.
- Helsinki-Malmi Airport handled 50 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,992 miles (17,691 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM) is Helsinki Airport (HEL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNW of HEM.
- During the war, bigger and heavier aircraft had been developed, and after the war the aircraft industry and commercial aviation business flourished.
- Because of Helsinki-Malmi Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Helsinki-Malmi 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.
- In addition to being known as "Helsinki-Malmi Airport", another name for HEM is "Helsinki-Malmin lentoasemaHelsingfors-Malm flygplats".
- On 25 March 2014, the Finnish government made a framework decision in principle to close down Malmi Airport and hand it over to residential use by the early 2020s.