Nonstop flight route between Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahamas and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Duncan Town Airport (DCT), Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahamas and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,434 miles (or 7,136 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 Duncan Town Airport and London Stansted 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 Duncan Town Airport and London Stansted Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DCT / MYRD |
Airport Name: | Duncan Town Airport |
Location: | Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°10'54"N by 75°43'45"W |
Area Served: | Ragged Island, Bahamas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DCT |
More Information: | DCT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | STN / EGSS |
Airport Name: | London Stansted Airport |
Location: | Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°53'5"N by 0°14'6"E |
Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Manchester Airports Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 348 feet (106 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from STN |
More Information: | STN Maps & Info |
Facts about Duncan Town Airport (DCT):
- Duncan Town Airport (DCT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Duncan Town Airport (DCT) is Deadman's Cay Airport (LGI), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) NNE of DCT.
- The furthest airport from Duncan Town Airport (DCT) is Carnarvon Airport (CVQ), which is located 11,813 miles (19,011 kilometers) away in Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Duncan Town Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Duncan Town 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.
Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):
- The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
- Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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 Competition Commission ruled in March 2009 that BAA should sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports within two years.
- The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Stansted has a variety of Car Parking including Long, Mid and Short Stay options along with Valet and Meet and Greet Parking services.
- London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
- The terminal building was designed by Foster Associates with input from the structural engineer Peter Rice and features a "floating" roof, supported by a space frame of inverted-pyramid roof trusses, creating the impression of a stylised swan in flight.
- Long-haul scheduled services commenced in the early 1990s when American Airlines operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and Chicago, however the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.Continental Airlines also operated services in the late 1990s from Newark, but this service was stopped shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks.