Nonstop flight route between Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guernsey Airport (GCI), Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom and Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH), Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,858 miles (or 6,209 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 Guernsey Airport and Southwest Michigan Regional 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 Guernsey Airport and Southwest Michigan Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GCI / EGJB |
Airport Name: | Guernsey Airport |
Location: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'4"N by 2°36'6"W |
Area Served: | Guernsey |
Operator/Owner: | States of Guernsey |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GCI |
More Information: | GCI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEH / KBEH |
Airport Name: | Southwest Michigan Regional Airport |
Location: | Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°7'42"N by 86°25'33"W |
Area Served: | Benton Harbor, Michigan / St. Joseph, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Benton Harbor / St. Joseph |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 649 feet (198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEH |
More Information: | BEH Maps & Info |
Facts about Guernsey Airport (GCI):
- Guernsey Airport (GCI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Guernsey Airport handled 886,396 passengers last year.
- The airport currently runs two liaison groups.
- The closest airport to Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Jersey Airport (JER), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SE of GCI.
- Work started on a new terminal building in 2002, which became operational on 19 April 2004.
- Because of Guernsey Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Guernsey 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 Guernsey Airport (GCI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Guernsey Airport (meaning Guernsey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,024 miles (19,350 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Flybe are unable to operate their Embraer 195 aircraft into Guernsey due to the low strength of the runway, and elected to operate the smaller de Havilland Dash 8s.
Facts about Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH):
- It was previously served from 1995 to 2000 by Mesaba Airlines, offering five daily flights to the Northwest Airlines hub at Detroit.
- The airport is accessible by road from Territorial Road, and is close to Interstate 94 and I-94 Business Loop.
- There is no commercial airline with scheduled passenger service at the airport.
- Because of Southwest Michigan Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 649 feet, planes can take off or land at Southwest Michigan Regional 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.
- Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport (NLE), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSE of BEH.
- The furthest airport from Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,140 miles (17,929 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.