Nonstop flight route between St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Trinidad, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Perry Stokes Airport (TAD), Trinidad, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,518 miles (or 7,271 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 Perry Stokes 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 Perry Stokes 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):

• 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.
• Approximately 45,000 people attended the 2010 show to see displays including the Red Arrows, Eurofighter Typhoon, and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
• The other operational UK air defence base since June 2007 is RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, which operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4.
• 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.
• RAF Leuchars is commanded by an Air Commodore instead of a Group Captain who would usually be given command of a station.
• On 4 September 1939, a Lockheed Hudson of No.
• The closest airport to RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Dundee Airport (DND), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of ADX.

Facts about Perry Stokes Airport (TAD):

• Perry Stokes Airport (TAD) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Perry Stokes Airport (TAD) is Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) SSW of TAD.
• Because of Perry Stokes Airport's high elevation of 5,760 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TAD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TAD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Perry Stokes Airport (TAD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,019 miles (17,733 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.