Nonstop flight route between Isfahan, Iran and Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Isfahan International Airport (IFN), Isfahan, Iran and RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,966 miles (or 4,774 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 Isfahan International Airport and RAF Lyneham, 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 Isfahan International Airport and RAF Lyneham. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Isfahan International Airport (IFN):

• Because of Isfahan International Airport's high elevation of 5,059 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IFN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IFN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Shahrekord International Airport (CQD), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) WSW of IFN.
• In addition to being known as "Isfahan International Airport", another name for IFN is "Esfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport".
• Isfahan International Airport (IFN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,653 miles (18,753 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Isfahan International Airport handled 2,103,633 passengers last year.

Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):

• Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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.
• RAF Lyneham received the first of 25 brand-new Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules on 23 November 1999, to be operated by Nos.
• On 16 October 1946, 511 squadron was formed again as an Avro York operator.
• RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
• The station closed on 31 December 2012 with the majority of its personnel and other assets having moved to RAF Brize Norton.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• It was announced in July 2011 by the then-Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, that Lyneham would become the new site of the Defence Technical Training Change Programme centre.