Nonstop flight route between El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan and Blackpool, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between El Debba Airport (EDB), El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan and Blackpool International Airport (BLK), Blackpool, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,061 miles (or 4,927 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 El Debba Airport and Blackpool International 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 El Debba Airport and Blackpool International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDB / HSDB |
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Location: | El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°1'29"N by 30°57'29"E |
Area Served: | Al Dabbah |
Elevation: | 830 feet (253 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from EDB |
More Information: | EDB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BLK / EGNH |
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Location: | Blackpool, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°46'18"N by 3°1'42"W |
Area Served: | Blackpool Cumbria Lancashire Preston |
Operator/Owner: | Balfour Beatty |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BLK |
More Information: | BLK Maps & Info |
Facts about El Debba Airport (EDB):
- The closest airport to El Debba Airport (EDB) is Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) NNW of EDB.
- In addition to being known as "El Debba Airport", another name for EDB is "Elddebba".
- Because of El Debba Airport's relatively low elevation of 830 feet, planes can take off or land at El Debba 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 El Debba Airport (EDB) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is nearly antipodal to El Debba Airport (meaning El Debba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fa'a'ā International Airport), and is located 12,387 miles (19,935 kilometers) away in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Facts about Blackpool International Airport (BLK):
- In addition to being known as "Blackpool International Airport", another name for BLK is "Squires Gate Airport".
- Blackpool International Airport handled 262,630 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Warton Aerodrome (WRT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of BLK.
- Because of Blackpool International Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackpool International 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.
- Blackpool International Airport (BLK) has 2 runways.
- After the £10 Airport Development Fee was introduced at the start of 2009, a new airline was sought to replace Ryanair on its very popular route to Dublin.
- With aviation roots that trace back to 1909, Blackpool Airport was one of the first aviation sites in the UK.
- The factory was reopened by Hawker Aircraft in the mid-1950s to augment the production of Hawker Hunter jet fighters, under contract SP/6ACFT/9817/CB 7a.
- The furthest airport from Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,823 miles (19,027 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- With the growth of the airport, a new carrier, the ACMI company, Jetstream Executive, operating under the name, Jetstream Express, introduced flights in 2007 from the airport to Belfast City Airport, Aberdeen Airport and Southampton Airport.
- RAF Coastal Command also established an operational base on site, and expanded RAF Warton to act as a satellite airfield.