Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Tobruk, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Tobruk International Airport (TOB), Tobruk, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,186 miles (or 3,518 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 Tobruk International 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):

• The cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 meant that Kinloss was no longer required by the RAF.
• After the Argentines invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, Nimrod MR2's adapted for air to air refuelling, were deployed to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
• The closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 is a former Royal Air Force station, located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland.
• Construction work began in the spring of 1938 to establish RAF Kinloss as a pilot training school.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Tobruk International Airport (TOB):

• The first international passenger flight was to Alexandria in Egypt.
• The furthest airport from Tobruk International Airport (TOB) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is located 11,724 miles (18,868 kilometers) away in Mangaia Island, Cook Islands.
• 24 km south of Tobruk's famous natural port was the largest airfield in eastern Libya.
• In addition to being known as "Tobruk International Airport", another name for TOB is "مطار طبرق الدولي".
• The closest airport to Tobruk International Airport (TOB) is Al Bayda - Al abraq Airport (LAQ), which is located 119 miles (192 kilometers) WNW of TOB.