Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Clovis, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN), Clovis, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,807 miles (or 7,736 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 Clovis 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 Midlands Airport and Clovis 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 Midlands Airport (EMA):

• 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.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• DHL Aviation opened a new £35m cargo facility on site in 2000, and in the same year a business park was constructed next to the airport.
• The arrival of low-cost carriers in 2002 resulted in a sharp jump in passenger numbers, rising 36% in that year to 3.23 million.
• EMA replaced the smaller pre-war grass airfield at Derby Burnaston, and the base's light aircraft later moved to a new site at Derby Egginton Airfield near Hilton.
• 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.
• Expansion was swift, with a further runway extension to 2,283 m and terminal upgrade in the late 1970s.
• 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.
• Following increasing overcrowding at the terminal building, the airport facilities have been extended and remodelled.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.

Facts about Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN):

• Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) has 3 runways.
• Clovis Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located six nautical miles east of the central business district of Clovis, a city in Curry County, New Mexico, United States.
• The closest airport to Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of CVN.
• The furthest airport from Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,127 miles (17,907 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Clovis Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,216 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CVN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CVN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.