Nonstop flight route between Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay and Lasham, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay and Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,788 miles (or 10,925 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 Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport and Lasham Airfield, 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 Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport and Lasham Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDP / SULS |
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Location: | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°51'17"S by 55°5'39"W |
Area Served: | Punta del Este |
Operator/Owner: | CAISA |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PDP |
More Information: | PDP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QLA / EGHL |
Airport Name: | Lasham Airfield |
Location: | Lasham, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°11'13"N by 1°2'0"W |
Area Served: | Lasham, Hampshire, England |
Operator/Owner: | Lasham Gliding Society |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 618 feet (188 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QLA |
More Information: | QLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP):
- In addition to being known as "Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport", another name for PDP is "Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo".
- Capitan de Corbeta Carlos A.
- The airport mainly serves passengers traveling to neighbouring Punta del Este, although it generally serves cities surrounding the Maldonado area.
- Because of Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo 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.
- The furthest airport from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) is Mokpo Airport (MPK), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (meaning Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mokpo Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,880 kilometers) away in Mokpo, South Korea.
- Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport handled 210,988 passengers last year.
- Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) is Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) W of PDP.
Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):
- Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In mid-1943, the airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command.
- The airfield is now owned by the largest British gliding club, also one of the world's largest, Lasham Gliding Society.
- Maps of the area before and after the airfield was constructed are displayed in the main corridor of the clubhouse of Lasham Gliding Society on the North side of the airfield off Avenue Road.
- Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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.
- and can call on several privately owned tugs in busy periods.
- The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
- The airfield ceased to be an operational Royal Air Force station in 1948, though General Aircraft Ltd continued testing military gliders there.
- On the nights preceding and following D-Day, the Mosquitos of 305 and 613 squadrons carried out low level attacks on enemy supply lines and armoured positions in Normandy to assist the allied landing forces.
- The furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.