Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Kayenta, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Kayenta Airport (MVM), Kayenta, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,931 miles (or 7,935 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 Kayenta 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 Kayenta 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):

• A major development towards the long-haul programme came in 2005 with the introduction of holiday flights to the Dominican Republic, Orlando, and Cancún by First Choice Airways.
• 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.
• Other airlines operating from the airport include Aurigny Air Services, Eastern Airways and summer holiday charters by Freebird Airlines, Onur Air and BH Air.
• On 28 August 2009, low fares airline Jet2.com announced that its seventh base would be at East Midlands Airport, starting with seven routes across Europe from May 2010 and two new winter routes from 20 December 2010 and have grown further since.
• With growing passenger and cargo traffic, further expansion was proposed for the airport in 1992.
• By 2006, annual passengers had reached 4.72 million, twelfth highest in the UK.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• East Midlands Airport is the second largest cargo airport in the United Kingdom after London Heathrow.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In September 2006 Plane Stupid blocked a taxiway at the airport for four hours.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.

Facts about Kayenta Airport (MVM):

• Because of Kayenta Airport's high elevation of 5,688 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MVM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MVM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Kayenta Airport (MVM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,203 miles (18,029 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Kayenta Airport (MVM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kayenta Airport (MVM) is Bullfrog Basin Airport (BFG), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) NNW of MVM.
• In addition to being known as "Kayenta Airport", another name for MVM is "0V7".