Nonstop flight route between East London, South Africa and Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East London Airport (ELS), East London, South Africa and Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM), Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,304 miles (or 14,973 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 East London Airport and Ardmore Municipal 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 East London Airport and Ardmore Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about East London Airport (ELS):

• East London Airport resides at an elevation of 435 feet above mean sea level.
• The airport was renamed in 1994.
• The closest airport to East London Airport (ELS) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WSW of ELS.
• East London Airport (ELS) has 2 runways.
• Because of East London Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at East London 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 had an inauspicious beginning in 1927, when Lieut Colonel Alistair Miller asked the East London town council to help establish a municipal aerodrome at Woodbrook, west of the city.
• The furthest airport from East London Airport (ELS) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is located 11,569 miles (18,618 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
• Passenger flights were undertaken by two de Havilland Moth planes on Saturday afternoons and all day on Sundays, weather permitting.

Facts about Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM):

• In addition to being known as "Ardmore Municipal Airport", another name for ADM is "Ardmore Industrial Airpark".
• Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) is Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport (AHD), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of ADM.
• On April 22, 1966 American Flyers Flight 280 on approach to Ardmore crashed into a hill.
• The furthest airport from Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,871 miles (17,495 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Ardmore Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 777 feet, planes can take off or land at Ardmore Municipal 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.
• Industries at the Airpark including King Aerospace, Higgins Interiors, Inc., Dollar General Distribution Center, East Jordan Iron Works, Carbonyx, Inc., and Online Packaging.