Nonstop flight route between Connersville, Indiana, United States and Lyon, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mettel Field (CEV), Connersville, Indiana, United States and Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), Lyon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,341 miles (or 6,986 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 Mettel Field and Lyon–Bron 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 Mettel Field and Lyon–Bron Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEV / KCEV |
Airport Name: | Mettel Field |
Location: | Connersville, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°41'53"N by 85°7'51"W |
Area Served: | Connersville, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Connersville BOAC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 866 feet (264 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEV |
More Information: | CEV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYN / LFLY |
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Location: | Lyon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'45"N by 4°56'20"E |
Area Served: | Lyon, France |
Operator/Owner: | Aéroports de Lyon SA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 659 feet (201 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYN |
More Information: | LYN Maps & Info |
Facts about Mettel Field (CEV):
- Mettel Field (CEV) has 2 runways.
- Because of Mettel Field's relatively low elevation of 866 feet, planes can take off or land at Mettel Field 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.
- The furthest airport from Mettel Field (CEV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,252 miles (18,108 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Mettel Field (CEV) is Richmond Municipal Airport (RID), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of CEV.
Facts about Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN):
- The furthest airport from Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Bron Airport (meaning Lyon–Bron Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,288 miles (19,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- After the Normandy Invasion of France by Allied Forces, the USAAF 50th Fighter Group used the airport flying P-47 Thunderbolts in support of ground forces in Southern France from September 25 though November, 1944.
- Lyon–Bron Airport is an airport located in Bron, 10 kilometres east of Lyon, both communes of the Rhône department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
- After the war, it was the main commercial airport for Lyon.
- In addition to being known as "Lyon–Bron Airport", another name for LYN is "Aéroport de Lyon-BronAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-6".
- In 1975 commercial airline traffic was moved to the new Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, and Bron Airport is now used for general aviation.
- Because of Lyon–Bron Airport's relatively low elevation of 659 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Bron 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.
- The closest airport to Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) E of LYN.
- Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN) currently has only 1 runway.