Nonstop flight route between Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States and London, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB), Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States and Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,855 miles (or 6,204 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 Greenbrier Valley Airport and Gatwick 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 Greenbrier Valley Airport and Gatwick Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWB / KLWB |
Airport Name: | Greenbrier Valley Airport |
Location: | Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°51'29"N by 80°23'57"W |
Area Served: | Lewisburg, West Virginia |
Operator/Owner: | Greenbrier County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2301 feet (701 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LWB |
More Information: | LWB Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB):
- Greenbrier Valley Airport is a public airport three miles north of Lewisburg in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
- Greenbrier Valley Airport covers 472 acres at an elevation of 2,301 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) W of LWB.
- Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport has four rental car companies, National/Alamo, Hertz, Enterprise, and Avis, and a country homestyle restaurant called Dutch Haaus.
- The furthest airport from Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,529 miles (18,554 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):
- BAA Limited and its predecessors, BAA plc and the British Airports Authority, owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009.
- 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.
- BEA Helicopters made Gatwick their administrative and engineering base on 1 January 1964.
- The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
- Two fatal accidents occurred, raising questions about the airport's safety.
- Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
- Caledonian Airways purchased British United Airways in November 1970, and the combined airline was initially known as Caledonian/BUA.
- Despite the rapid expansion of BUA's scheduled activities at Gatwick, the airport was dominated by non-scheduled services into the 1980s.
- Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
- During the late 1920s, land adjacent to the racecourse was used as an aerodrome.
- 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.