Nonstop flight route between Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sulaimaniyah International Airport (ISU), Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,466 miles (or 3,969 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 Sulaimaniyah International Airport and London Stansted Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Sulaimaniyah International Airport (ISU):

• The furthest airport from Sulaimaniyah International Airport (ISU) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,575 miles (18,628 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Sulaimaniyah International Airport (ISU) is Erbil International Airport (EBL), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) WNW of ISU.
• Because of Sulaimaniyah International Airport's relatively low elevation of 760 feet, planes can take off or land at Sulaimaniyah International 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 addition to being known as "Sulaimaniyah International Airport", other names for ISU include "Firokaxaney Nawdewletî Silêmanî" and "مطار السليمانية الدولي".
• Sulaimaniyah International Airport (ISU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):

• The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Long-haul scheduled services commenced in the early 1990s when American Airlines operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and Chicago, however the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.Continental Airlines also operated services in the late 1990s from Newark, but this service was stopped shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• From 1997 to 2007 Stansted saw rapid expansion of passenger numbers on the back of the boom in low cost air travel, peaking at 24 million passengers in the 12 months to October 2007, but passenger numbers declined for the subsequent five years to 2012.
• Stansted also had scheduled and charter flights to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, but these flights to Canada have now ceased.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• The Ministry of Civil Aviation finally took control of Stansted in 1949 and the airport was then used as a base by several UK charter airlines.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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.
• Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports.