Nonstop flight route between Bilbao, Spain and Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bilbao Airport (BIO), Bilbao, Spain and Sywell Aerodrome (ORM), Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 630 miles (or 1,014 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 Bilbao Airport and Sywell Aerodrome, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIO / LEBB |
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Location: | Bilbao, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°18'3"N by 2°54'38"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 137 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BIO |
More Information: | BIO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORM / EGBK |
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Location: | Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°18'21"N by 0°47'31"W |
Area Served: | Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 424 feet (129 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORM |
More Information: | ORM Maps & Info |
Facts about Bilbao Airport (BIO):
- During the eighties, the ILS landing system entered into service for runway 10/28.
- Bilbao Airport (BIO) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSE of BIO.
- Because of Bilbao Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Bilbao 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.
- Bilbao Airport handled 3,800,789 passengers last year.
- In February 2009 plans were announced to expand the terminal building, the facilities and the car parking so as to double the current capacity to 8 million passengers.
- The airport has seen a constant increase in its traffic numbers, the old terminal was already saturated and obsolete in 1990, although it had been renewed only a few years earlier.
- In addition to being known as "Bilbao Airport", another name for BIO is "Bilboko aireportua (eu) Aeropuerto de Bilbao (es)".
- There has been some criticism of Santiago Calatrava's design by Aena, the Spanish airport authority, because it seems difficult to make further enlargements in the terminal's capacity because the design is too closed.
- In 1940, it was decided by common agreement with the local organisations affected to build a civilian airport in Sondika.
- The furthest airport from Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Bilbao Airport (meaning Bilbao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,260 miles (19,730 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
Facts about Sywell Aerodrome (ORM):
- Sywell Aerodrome is the local aerodrome serving Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden as it is situated midway between these towns.
- The closest airport to Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Milton Keynes Airport (KYN), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) S of ORM.
- The aereodrome also houses the Sywell Aviation Museum dedicated to telling the wartime history of the site and the airmen that used it.
- The Light Aircraft Association, is the UK's body for amateur aircraft construction, and recreational and sport flying.
- The furthest airport from Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,838 miles (19,051 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The organizations STARE and CPRE campaigned against this change, arguing that it would lead to more and larger aircraft flying over the area and disturb its "rural tranquility".
- Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) has 4 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Sywell Aerodrome", another name for ORM is "Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome".
- Many aerial shots for the film Battle of Britain were taken over the airport and nearby area.
- Because of Sywell Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Sywell Aerodrome 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.