Nonstop flight route between Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom and Seletar, Singapore:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shoreham Airport (ESH), Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom and Seletar Airport (XSP), Seletar, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,756 miles (or 10,872 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 Seletar 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 Shoreham Airport and Seletar Airport. 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: | XSP / WSSL |
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| Location: | Seletar, Singapore |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°25'0"N by 103°52'4"E |
| Area Served: | Singapore |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Singapore |
| Airport Type: | Civilian public usage |
| Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from XSP |
| More Information: | XSP Maps & Info |
Facts about Shoreham Airport (ESH):
- The aerodrome became an airport for the adjacent towns of Brighton, Hove and Worthing in the 1930s.
- 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 closest airport to Shoreham Airport (ESH) is Chichester/Goodwood Airport (QUG), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) W of ESH.
- The 2007 show raised in excess of £150,000 for the Royal Air Forces Association, a record achievement.
- The landing area was entirely grass until a tarmac runway was built in 1981.
- 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 Shoreham Airport Visitor Centre features exhibits about the airport's history and area aviation history, a library and archive of related historic materials and guided tours of the airport.
- Due to its listed period buildings and facilities, Shoreham Airport has been used by film-makers seeking to portray a small town airport, or even for historical reconstructions of scenes from the 1930s onwards.
- Shoreham Airport (ESH) has 4 runways.
- Beagle Aircraft Ltd was formed at Shoreham on 7 October 1960 and design drawings were begun a few weeks later for a new prototype twin-engine light transport aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Shoreham Airport", another name for ESH is "Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport".
- Shoreham Airport handled 1,500 passengers last year.
Facts about Seletar Airport (XSP):
- Seletar Airport (XSP) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the Japanese occupation, Seletar as was in the case of Sembawang came under the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service while Tengah fell under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.
- The formative years of the SADC was established at Seletar Airbase in September 1968, with the setting up of the Flying Training School utilising three Cessna 172G/H on loan from the Singapore Flying Club.
- Because of Seletar Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Seletar 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 Seletar Airport (XSP) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Seletar Airport (meaning Seletar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- In addition to being known as "Seletar Airport", other names for XSP include "实里达机场" and "செலட்டர் வான்முகம்".
- The closest airport to Seletar Airport (XSP) is Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of XSP.
- When the Japanese launched their invasion of Malaya and Singapore, Seletar housed the RAF’s 205 Sqn with PBY Catalina flying boats and 36 and 100 Sqns with obsolete Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bombers, along with 151 Maintenance Unit.
- Previously Berjaya Air operated scheduled flights to Tioman and Redang.
- Catalina I of 205 Sqn undergoing servicing in their hangar at RAF Seletar.
