Nonstop flight route between Cape Town, South Africa and Bridgetown, Barbados:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cape Town International Airport (CPT), Cape Town, South Africa and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,059 miles (or 9,751 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 Cape Town 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 Cape Town International Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CPT / FACT |
Airport Name: | Cape Town International Airport |
Location: | Cape Town, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°58'9"S by 18°35'49"E |
Area Served: | Cape Town |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Company South Africa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 151 feet (46 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CPT |
More Information: | CPT 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 Cape Town International Airport (CPT):
- The terminal building has a split-level design, with departures located in the upper floors and arrivals in the lower floors.
- The closest airport to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 217 miles (349 kilometers) E of CPT.
- Because of Cape Town International Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Town 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 furthest airport from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is located 11,616 miles (18,693 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
- Cape Town International Airport recorded 7.8 million passengers in 2008–2009, down from 8.4 million passengers the year before.
- Cape Town International Airport was opened in 1954, a year after Jan Smuts Airport on the Witwatersrand opened.
- Cape Town International Airport handled 8,505,563 passengers last year.
- Cape Town International Airport (CPT) has 2 runways.
- The following is an example of information required by aircrew to operate at this airport.
- With the fall of apartheid in the early 1990s, ownership of the airport was transferred from the state to the newly formed Airports Company South Africa, and the airport was renamed to the politically neutral Cape Town International Airport.
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
- Besides the Arrivals and Departures terminals, Grantley Adams International Airport also included provisions for a new cargo building in the 2000–2006 expansion project.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 52 metres above mean sea level.
- During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
- Phase I, which is now complete, saw an upgrading of the runways, taxiways, parking aprons, and approach lighting.
- The Phase III expansion planned had to wait until the completion of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, it envisions the addition of new airport terminal Jetway, new spacious departure lounges much closer to the aeroplanes and air bridges to make connections at the facility much easier.
- 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.
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.