Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Con Son, Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS), Con Son, Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,461 miles (or 10,398 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 Gatwick Airport and Cỏ Ống 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 Gatwick Airport and Cỏ Ống Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGW / EGKK |
Airport Name: | Gatwick Airport |
Location: | London, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°8'53"N by 0°11'25"W |
Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Global Infrastructure Partners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 203 feet (62 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LGW |
More Information: | LGW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VCS / VVCS |
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Location: | Con Son, Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'56"N by 106°37'44"E |
Operator/Owner: | Southern Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VCS |
More Information: | VCS Maps & Info |
Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):
- Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
- Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick 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 closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
- In 1983, as passenger numbers grew, a round satellite pier was added to the terminal building connected to the main terminal by the UK's first automated people mover system.
- Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
- Between 1958 and 1959, Sudan Airways and BWIA West Indies Airways were among Gatwick's first scheduled overseas airlines.
- The first scheduled flight departed from the Beehive terminal on 17 May 1936, bound for Paris.
- A second 875-foot extension of Gatwick's runway was completed in 1970, bringing it to 9,075 ft and permitting non-stop jet flights to the US east coast with a full payload and full range and payload operations by British United Airways and Caledonian Airways BAC One-Eleven 500s.BEA Airtours made Gatwick their base.
- The furthest airport from Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- On 9 April 1965, a BUA One-Eleven operated the type's first commercial service from Gatwick to Genoa.
- BEA Helicopters made Gatwick their administrative and engineering base on 1 January 1964.
Facts about Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS):
- In addition to being known as "Cỏ Ống Airport", another name for VCS is "Sân bay Cỏ Ống".
- The furthest airport from Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cỏ Ống Airport (meaning Cỏ Ống Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
- Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Cỏ Ống Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Cỏ Ống 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 closest airport to Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) is Cà Mau Airport (CAH), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) WNW of VCS.