Nonstop flight route between Fort Gillem, Forest Park, Georgia, USA and Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP), Fort Gillem, Forest Park, Georgia, USA and Milton Keynes Airport (KYN), Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,174 miles (or 6,717 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 Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) and Milton Keynes 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 Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) and Milton Keynes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP):

• In addition to being known as "Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem)", another name for FOP is "65GA".
• The closest airport to Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP) is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) W of FOP.
• Because of Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem)'s relatively low elevation of 966 feet, planes can take off or land at Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) 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.
• Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Milton Keynes Airport (KYN):

• Since the 1950s, overspill housing for several London boroughs had been constructed in Bletchley.
• The Corporation's strongly modernist designs featured regularly in the magazines Architectural Design and the Architects' Journal.
• The closest airport to Milton Keynes Airport (KYN) is Sywell Aerodrome (ORM), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) N of KYN.
• The original Development Corporation design concept aimed for a "forest city" and its foresters planted millions of trees from its own nursery in Newlands in the following years.
• The area that was to become Milton Keynes encompassed a landscape that has a rich historic legacy.
• At the 2011 census the population of the Milton Keynes urban area, including the adjacent Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands, was 229,941, and that of the wider borough, which has been a unitary authority independent of Buckinghamshire County Council since 1997, was 248,800, with almost all the approx 196,000 population increase since 2001 arising in the urban area.
• Because of Milton Keynes Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Milton Keynes 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.
• Along with many other towns and boroughs, Milton Keynes competed for formal city status in the 2000, 2002 and 2012 competitions, but was not successful.
• The furthest airport from Milton Keynes Airport (KYN) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,849 miles (19,069 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Since the radical plan form and large scale of Milton Keynes attracted international attention, early phases of development include work by celebrated architects, including Sir Richard MacCormac, Lord Norman Foster, Henning Larsen, Ralph Erskine, John Winter, and Martin Richardson.
• The original design guidance declared that "no building taller than the tallest tree".