Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Leros, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Leros Municipal Airport (LRS), Leros, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,972 miles (or 3,174 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 Kinloss Barracks and Leros Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• In April 2005, 206 Squadron was disbanded as part of a Defence review the previous year.
• The wartime Avro Lancaster was adapted without great upheaval for anti-submarine and search and rescue duties and RAF Kinloss changed from a bomber training unit, to a Coastal Command base training maritime aircrew.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The station continues to be home to the RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team, the No 663 Volunteer Gliding School operating the Vigilant T1 and the Moray Flying Club are also based at RAF Kinloss.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• The furthest airport from Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Construction work began in the spring of 1938 to establish RAF Kinloss as a pilot training school.

Facts about Leros Municipal Airport (LRS):

• Leros Municipal Airport handled 29,109 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,412 miles (18,365 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Leros Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Leros Municipal 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 closest airport to Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) is Kos Island International Airport, Hippocrates (KGS), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) SSE of LRS.
• Leros Municipal Airport (LRS) currently has only 1 runway.