Nonstop flight route between Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom and Dover, Delaware, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shoreham Airport (ESH), Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,598 miles (or 5,790 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 Shoreham Airport and Dover Air Force Base, 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 Shoreham Airport and Dover Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ESH / EGKA |
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Location: | Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°50'8"N by 0°17'49"W |
Area Served: | South of West Sussex |
Operator/Owner: | Brighton City Airport Ltd |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ESH |
More Information: | ESH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOV / KDOV |
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Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Facts about Shoreham Airport (ESH):
- Once every year in the late summer, the airport is host to the Royal Air Forces Association Shoreham Airshow.
- The furthest airport from Shoreham Airport (ESH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The Shoreham Airport Rescue and Firefighting Service provides a professional fire-fighting capability at the airport during operating hours.
- Shoreham Airport (ESH) has 4 runways.
- The 2007 show raised in excess of £150,000 for the Royal Air Forces Association, a record achievement.
- A B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed at the airfield after being damaged during a raid on Germany.
- Because of Shoreham Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Shoreham 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 first aviator to fly there was Harold Piffard in 1910.
- Shoreham Airport handled 1,500 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Shoreham Airport (ESH) is Chichester/Goodwood Airport (QUG), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) W of ESH.
- In addition to being known as "Shoreham Airport", another name for ESH is "Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport".
- The pre-war Municipal Hangar was Listed Grade II in July 2007.
- Shoreham has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
- * Was a subbase of Camp Springs AAF, Maryland, June 6, 1943 – April 15, 1944.
- On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
- When war broke out between Israel and the combine forces of Egypt and Syria on October 13, 1973 the 436 MAW responded with a 32-day airlift that delivered 22,305 tons of munitions and military equipment to Israel.
- Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 436 AW and 512 AW became major participants in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.