Nonstop flight route between Ames, Iowa, United States and Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ames Municipal Airport (AMW), Ames, Iowa, United States and Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,006 miles (or 6,446 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 Ames Municipal Airport and Land's End 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 Ames Municipal Airport and Land's End Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ames Municipal Airport (AMW):

• From May 10, 2010 through June 11, 2010, there were between five and six arrivals/departures at Ames each day.
• The closest airport to Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) is Boone Municipal Airport (BNW), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of AMW.
• According to NTSB records, the airport has had no fatal accidents since 1962.
• The furthest airport from Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,785 miles (17,357 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) has 2 runways.

Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):

• In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".
• The closest airport to Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
• During the winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14 the airport closed for long periods when the grass runways became waterlogged, and flights were temporarily moved from Land's End to Newquay.
• On 1 February 1947 the airline and the service were taken over by BEA.
• The airport has a CAA Private Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction for daytime use only as authorised by the licensee Westward Airways Limited.
• Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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.
• Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.
• Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.