Nonstop flight route between Les Cayes, Haiti and Coningsby, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Antoine Simon airport (CYA), Les Cayes, Haiti and RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,540 miles (or 7,306 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 Antoine Simon airport and RAF Coningsby, 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 Antoine Simon airport and RAF Coningsby. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Antoine Simon airport (CYA):

• The closest airport to Antoine Simon airport (CYA) is Jérémie Airport (JEE), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NW of CYA.
• As of February 1st, 2013, Haiti has laid the first stone on the expansion of the Antoine-Simon Airport project in Les Cayes.
• The expansion project will add a new 3,000-metre runway strip and a new terminal to the airport.
• Because of Antoine Simon airport's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at Antoine Simon 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 furthest airport from Antoine Simon airport (CYA) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is located 11,895 miles (19,144 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Antoine Simon airport", another name for CYA is "Aéroport des Cayes".
• Antoine Simon airport (CYA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Antoine-Simon Airport was financed and built by the Haitian government and inaugurated on 7 May 2005 by then Prime Minister Gérard Latortue.Taiwan financed the construction of the access road to the airport.

Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):

• The furthest airport from RAF Coningsby (QCY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,781 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
• In November 1984, the Tornado F3 squadrons began to form.
• Following the Second World War, it had the Mosquito-equipped 109 Sqn and 139 Sqn, then became part of 3 Group, with Boeing Washington aircraft from 1950.