Nonstop flight route between Gökçeada, Turkey and Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gökçeada Airport (GKD), Gökçeada, Turkey and Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,588 miles (or 2,555 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 Gökçeada Airport and Leeds Bradford International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Gökçeada Airport (GKD):

• The furthest airport from Gökçeada Airport (GKD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,267 miles (18,132 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Gökçeada Airport", another name for GKD is "Gökçeada Havalimanı".
• The closest airport to Gökçeada Airport (GKD) is Çanakkale Airport (CKZ), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) E of GKD.
• Because of Gökçeada Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Gökçeada 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.
• Gökçeada Airport (GKD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• On 11 August 2009 Ryanair announced it would set up a new base at Leeds Bradford, initially basing two aircraft at the airport offering 17 routes from March 2010.
• In August 1986, an Air France Concorde charter flight from Paris landed at Leeds Bradford for the first time, and an estimated 60,000 people were there to see it.
• The airport was opened as the "Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome" on 17 October 1931 and was operated by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club on behalf of Leeds and Bradford Corporations.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• Since 2000 the airport has been home to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
• Leeds and Bradford Airport contains a memorial to its wartime heritage in the shape of a 609 Squadron Memorial.
• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford 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.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• In 2006 Isle of Man based airline Manx2 re-opened the airport's oldest air route, to the Isle of Man.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 609 Squadron formation on 10 February 1936 until 27 August 1939 when they moved to Catterick.
• In 2012, Monarch announced it would open an operation base at the airport in 2013.
• The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.