Nonstop flight route between Arvaikheer, Mongolia and Blackpool, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Arvaykheer Airport (AVK), Arvaikheer, Mongolia and Blackpool International Airport (BLK), Blackpool, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,276 miles (or 6,881 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 Arvaykheer Airport and Blackpool International 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 Arvaykheer Airport and Blackpool International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Arvaykheer Airport (AVK):

• The closest airport to Arvaykheer Airport (AVK) is Khujirt Airport (HJT), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of AVK.
• The furthest airport from Arvaykheer Airport (AVK) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Arvaykheer Airport (meaning Arvaykheer Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,208 miles (19,647 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
• Arvaykheer Airport (AVK) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Blackpool International Airport (BLK):

• On 6 May 2008, Balfour Beatty bought the 95% stake of the airport off CityHopper Airports Ltd for £14million.
• In 2007, Jet2 cancelled its Prague and Amsterdam services blaming insufficient passenger numbers as the reason to suspend the route.
• In addition to being known as "Blackpool International Airport", another name for BLK is "Squires Gate Airport".
• Until January 2006 an Avro Vulcan bomber was on static external display close to the entrance to the airport.
• Blackpool International Airport (BLK) has 2 runways.
• In 2005, Jet2 became the first major low cost airline to base an aircraft at Blackpool Airport.
• Blackpool International Airport handled 262,630 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Warton Aerodrome (WRT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of BLK.
• Because of Blackpool International Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackpool International 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.
• After the £10 Airport Development Fee was introduced at the start of 2009, a new airline was sought to replace Ryanair on its very popular route to Dublin.
• The furthest airport from Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,823 miles (19,027 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The airport site's first aviation use was in October 1909, when the UK's first official public Flying Meeting was held on a specially laid out site at Squires Gate, followed by another in 1910.