Nonstop flight route between Union City, Tennessee, United States and Lyon, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (UCY), Union City, Tennessee, United States and Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), Lyon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,655 miles (or 7,491 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 Everett-Stewart Regional Airport and Lyon–Saint Exupéry 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 Everett-Stewart Regional Airport and Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UCY / KUCY |
Airport Name: | Everett-Stewart Regional Airport |
Location: | Union City, Tennessee, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°22'46"N by 88°59'8"W |
Area Served: | Union City, Tennessee / Martin, Tennessee |
Operator/Owner: | Obion County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UCY |
More Information: | UCY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYS / LFLL |
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Location: | Lyon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'32"N by 5°4'51"E |
Area Served: | Lyon, France |
Operator/Owner: | Aéroport de Lyon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 821 feet (250 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYS |
More Information: | LYS Maps & Info |
Facts about Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (UCY):
- The closest airport to Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (UCY) is Henry County Airport (PHT), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) E of UCY.
- The furthest airport from Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (UCY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,069 miles (17,814 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Established in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces.
- Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (UCY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Everett-Stewart Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Everett-Stewart Regional 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 airfield was turned over to civil control at the end of the war though the War Assets Administration.
Facts about Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS):
- The furthest airport from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,284 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) W of LYS.
- The airport was originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, but in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on the centenary of his birth.
- Because of Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 821 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Saint Exupéry 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.
- Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport", another name for LYS is "Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry".
- Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport handled 8,451,039 passengers last year.
- Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Chambéry and Grenoble.