Nonstop flight route between Hampton, Virginia, United States and Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Langley Field (LFI), Hampton, Virginia, United States and Forlì Airport (FRL), Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,432 miles (or 7,133 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 Langley Field and Forlì 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 Langley Field and Forlì Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LFI / KLFI |
Airport Name: | Langley Field |
Location: | Hampton, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°4'58"N by 76°21'38"W |
View all routes: | Routes from LFI |
More Information: | LFI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRL / LIPK |
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Location: | Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°11'44"N by 12°4'10"E |
Area Served: | Forlì |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 94 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRL |
More Information: | FRL Maps & Info |
Facts about Langley Field (LFI):
- In 1916, the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics, predecessor to NASA, established the need for a joint airfield and proving ground for Army, Navy and NACA aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Langley Field (LFI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Several buildings had been constructed on the field by late 1918.
- Langley Field was named after Samuel Pierpoint Langley, an aerodynamic pioneer and a former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
- On 1 June 1992, Langley became the headquarters of the newly formed Air Combat Command, as Tactical Air Command was inactivated as part of the Air Force's restructuring.
- The closest airport to Langley Field (LFI) is Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) WNW of LFI.
Facts about Forlì Airport (FRL):
- http://www.forli24ore.it/news/forli/0035074-aeroporto-stelle-e-strisce
- The furthest airport from Forlì Airport (FRL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Forlì Airport (meaning Forlì Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,012 miles (19,332 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Forlì Airport, also known as Luigi Ridolfi Airport, is an airport serving Forlì, a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
- Because of Forlì Airport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Forlì 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 airport resides at an elevation of 94 feet above mean sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Forlì Airport", another name for FRL is "Aeroporto di Forlì - "L. Ridolfi"".
- Forlì Airport (FRL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Forlì Airport handled 261,939 passengers last year.
- http://www.forlitoday.it/economia/aeroporto-privatizzazione-offerta-bando-passeggeri.html
- The closest airport to Forlì Airport (FRL) is Federico Fellini International Airport (RMI), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of FRL.