Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Ufa International Airport (UFA), Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,278 miles (or 3,666 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 relatively short distance between East Midlands Airport and Ufa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• BMI had its maintenance base at the airport.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
• 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.
• 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.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• Since July 2013 Thomson Airways also operates with their Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft out of East Midlands, serving long haul holiday destinations such as Orlando or Cancun.
• With growing passenger and cargo traffic, further expansion was proposed for the airport in 1992.

Facts about Ufa International Airport (UFA):

• The furthest airport from Ufa International Airport (UFA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 10,403 miles (16,742 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Ufa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 449 feet, planes can take off or land at Ufa 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ufa International Airport", another name for UFA is "Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропортыМеждународный аэропорт Уфа".
• On 11 May 1924 the building of the first aircraft hangar near Glumilino village has been completed and on 15 May is opened new club of the aviation within the Bashkirian branch of AFFVS.
• The closest airport to Ufa International Airport (UFA) is Oktyabrsky Airport (OKT), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) W of UFA.
• Ufa International Airport (UFA) has 5 runways.