Nonstop flight route between St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Guanaja Airport (GJA), Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,012 miles (or 8,066 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 RAF Leuchars and Guanaja 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 RAF Leuchars and Guanaja Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Leuchars (ADX):

• Like so many RAF stations, the airfield itself owes its existence to the stimulus of war, and work began on levelling the existing site on Reres Farm in 1916.
• RAF Leuchars is home to the annual Leuchars Airshow.
• 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.
• Leuchars remained an active Station to the end of the War, concentrating on anti-submarine and anti-shipping strikes.
• Leuchars is also the base for No.
• Leuchars was home to the last squadron of Panavia Tornado F3s, No.
• In 1954 the fixed wing aircraft had been joined by a flight of Bristol Sycamore helicopters for Search and Rescue duties.

Facts about Guanaja Airport (GJA):

• Guanaja Airport (GJA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Guanaja Airport (meaning Guanaja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,090 miles (19,457 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Guanaja Airport", another name for GJA is "Aeropuerto de Guanaja".
• The closest airport to Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Roatan International Airport – Bay Islands (RTB), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) WSW of GJA.
• Because of Guanaja Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Guanaja 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.