Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and El Catey, Samaná, Dominican Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and El Catey International Airport (AZS), El Catey, Samaná, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,269 miles (or 6,870 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 Midlands Airport and El Catey 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 East Midlands Airport and El Catey International 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 Midlands Airport (EMA):

• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• With growing passenger and cargo traffic, further expansion was proposed for the airport in 1992.
• East Midlands Airport has established itself as a hub for low fare airlines such as, Jet2.com and Ryanair and tour operarors like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
• Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• It was announced only just over a year later, on 3 May 2012, that Bmibaby would be closed down and cease all operations in September 2012 with a number of services being dropped from June.
• The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.

Facts about El Catey International Airport (AZS):

• El Catey International Airport (AZS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "El Catey International Airport", another name for AZS is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey (Pte. Juan Bosch)".
• El Catey International Airport handled 112,164 passengers last year.
• The airport's new runway is 3000 m x 45 m, flexible pavement load-rated PCN 66 F/A/W/T, designed to accommodate a Boeing 747.
• The closest airport to El Catey International Airport (AZS) is Arroyo Barril Airport (EPS), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) ESE of AZS.
• The furthest airport from El Catey International Airport (AZS) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to El Catey International Airport (meaning El Catey International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,116 miles (19,498 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of El Catey International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at El Catey 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.