Nonstop flight route between Doncaster, England, United Kingdom and Huntsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), Doncaster, England, United Kingdom and Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV), Huntsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,718 miles (or 7,593 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA):

• Because of Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield 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.
• Defence company BAE Systems operates its Aircraft Maintenance Academy from No.
• In addition, the airport lies alongside the Doncaster to Lincoln railway line, and plans for a station at Finningley to replace that closed in 1961 were granted planning permission in 2008.
• By 2010 the Peel Group was attempting to secure outside investment for Peel Airports.
• Wizz Air announced a new route for summer 2011 to Vilnius and Bucharest for summer 2014 in addition to its services to Gdansk, Katowice, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw.
• The furthest airport from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,785 miles (18,966 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of DSA.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport currently has a single runway designated 02/20, with a length of 2,895 by 60 m, making it longer and wider than those at many other airports in Northern England.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield handled 690,351 passengers last year.

Facts about Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV):

• Because of Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 363 feet, planes can take off or land at Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional 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 airport covers an area of 180 acres at an elevation of 363 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,929 miles (17,589 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport", other names for HTV include "Huntsville Municipal Airport" and "UTS".
• The closest airport to Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of HTV.