Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Kédougou, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Kédougou Airport (KGG), Kédougou, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,846 miles (or 4,580 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 Kédougou 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 Kédougou 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):

• BMI had its maintenance base at the airport.
• Ryanair has also expanded its East Midlands base with a series of new routes and frequency increases on existing routes.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of 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.
• 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.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• EMA has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• In September 2006 Plane Stupid blocked a taxiway at the airport for four hours.
• 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.

Facts about Kédougou Airport (KGG):

• Kédougou Airport (KGG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kédougou Airport (KGG) is Kéniéba Airport (KNZ), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) ENE of KGG.
• Because of Kédougou Airport's relatively low elevation of 584 feet, planes can take off or land at Kédougou 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 Kédougou Airport (KGG) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kédougou Airport (meaning Kédougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,893 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.