Nonstop flight route between Cortland, New York, United States and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cortland County Airport (CTX), Cortland, New York, United States and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,457 miles (or 5,563 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 Cortland County Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Cortland County Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cortland County Airport (CTX):

• Cortland County Airport (CTX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cortland County Airport (CTX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,581 miles (18,638 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Cortland County Airport", another name for CTX is "N03".
• The closest airport to Cortland County Airport (CTX) is Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of CTX.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• The overnight base of the London Air Ambulance moved to RAF Northolt from Denham Aerodrome in February 2013.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Thirty Allied airmen including servicemen from Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, Poland and the United Kingdom were killed flying from RAF Northolt during the Battle of Britain, of whom ten were Polish.
• In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
• In August 1996, a Spanish Learjet operated by Mar Aviation overshot runway 25 and collided with a van heading eastward on the A40 Western Avenue.