Nonstop flight route between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Port Meadville Airport (MEJ), Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,440 miles (or 5,536 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 Edinburgh Airport and Port Meadville 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 Edinburgh Airport and Port Meadville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):

• When the war ended the airfield still remained under military control, but by the late 1940s the first commercial services were launched.
• In 1971 the British Airports Authority took over the airport and immediately started to expand it by constructing a new runway and terminal building.
• Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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.
• There are currently no direct rail links to Edinburgh Airport, although it lies very close to the Fife Circle and the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway lines.
• £250m is to be spent on the airport over the next decade.
• The present terminal building, designed by Sir Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall.
• The closest airport to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.
• The only international services from Edinburgh during the 1980s were to Amsterdam and Dublin, but in the following years links were opened to destinations in France and Germany.
• Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.

Facts about Port Meadville Airport (MEJ):

• The furthest airport from Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,448 miles (18,424 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) is Venango Regional Airport (FKL), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SE of MEJ.
• Port Meadville Airport covers an area of 250 acres at an elevation of 1,399 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Port Meadville Airport", another name for MEJ is "GKJ".
• Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) currently has only 1 runway.