Nonstop flight route between Aarhus, Denmark and St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aarhus Airport (AAR), Aarhus, Denmark and RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 516 miles (or 830 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 relatively short distance between Aarhus Airport and RAF Leuchars, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Aarhus Airport (AAR):

• Aarhus Airport handled 45,991 passengers last year.
• Many travellers to or from Aarhus use the larger Billund Airport instead, located 96 km away by road.
• The furthest airport from Aarhus Airport (AAR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,519 miles (18,539 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Aarhus Airport (AAR) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Aarhus Airport (AAR) is Karup Airport (KRP), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) W of AAR.
• Aarhus Airport is a civilian airport located in Tirstrup, Denmark, which is 19.4 nautical miles northeast of Aarhus.
• In addition to being known as "Aarhus Airport", another name for AAR is "Aarhus Lufthavn".
• Because of Aarhus Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Aarhus 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.

Facts about RAF Leuchars (ADX):

• The station is also home to No.
• In 1935 Leuchars became home to Number 1 Flying Training School and ranges for practice bombing were established in Tentsmuir Forest.
• The furthest airport from RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,678 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Dundee Airport (DND), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of ADX.
• As the Cold War reached its frostiest depths in the 1960s the development of long range aircraft allowed the Soviets regular incursion into British air space.