Nonstop flight route between Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,055 miles (or 4,916 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 Dawadmi Domestic Airport and RAF Lyneham, 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 Dawadmi Domestic Airport and RAF Lyneham. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD):

• In addition to being known as "Dawadmi Domestic Airport", other names for DWD include "مطار الدوادمي المحلي", "Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz Airport", "مطار الأمير سلمان بن عبد العزيز المحلي" and "OEDM".
• Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) is Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ), which is located 130 miles (209 kilometers) N of DWD.
• The furthest airport from Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Dawadmi Domestic Airport (meaning Dawadmi Domestic Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):

• RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The airfield became renowned for being the "gateway" between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan.
• The station was opened on 18 May 1940 as No.
• Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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.
• 511 Squadron was formed again at RAF Lyneham on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Bristol Britannia on long-range trooping flights.
• RAF Lyneham received the first of 25 brand-new Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules on 23 November 1999, to be operated by Nos.
• A stone memorial commemorating the RAF's use of the station for over 70 years was unveiled on 1 June 2012.
• Lyneham's first runways were constructed during 1940 and 1941, the longest being 4,375 ft, the other 3,542 ft.
• The closest airport to RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
• Royal Air Force Station Lyneham or more simply RAF Lyneham is a former Royal Air Force station located 6.3 miles north east of Chippenham, Wiltshire and 10.3 miles south west of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.