Nonstop flight route between North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Humberside Airport (HUY), North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,636 miles (or 7,462 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 Humberside Airport and Henry Post Army Airfield, 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 Humberside Airport and Henry Post Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Humberside Airport (HUY):

• Humberside Airport handled 236,083 passengers last year.
• The airport is also used to service the offshore gas storage and drilling operations for BP and Centrica Storage with over 8,000 air transport helicopter movements in 2011, the fourth highest in the UK.
• The furthest airport from Humberside Airport (HUY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,762 miles (18,929 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Humberside Airport (HUY) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Humberside Airport (HUY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SSE of HUY.
• The airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport ), Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield ) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford International Airport ).
• Because of Humberside Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Humberside 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.
• In 2010 a temporary hotel was erected for the use by the gas and oil rig workers.

Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):

• The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The Army will continue to operate and maintain a precision approach radar at Fort Sill's Henry Post Field for the foreseeable future.
• The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.
• The field was named in honor of pioneer aviator 2d Lieutenant Henry Post.
• With the sudden end of World War I in November 1918, the future operational status of Post Field was unknown.
• Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air Service/Corps units assigned to Post Field between 1919 and 1941