Nonstop flight route between Jinja, Uganda and London, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinja Airport (JIN), Jinja, Uganda and London City Airport (LCY), London, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,019 miles (or 6,468 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 Jinja Airport and London City Airport, 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 Jinja Airport and London City Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Jinja Airport (JIN):

• The closest airport to Jinja Airport (JIN) is Kampala Airport (KLA), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) WSW of JIN.
• The furthest airport from Jinja Airport (JIN) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,689 miles (18,812 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about London City Airport (LCY):

• London City Airport (LCY) currently has only 1 runway.
• London City is at its busiest during the winter months, when a number of airlines, most notably British Airways, Swiss and CityJet, fly to ski resort gateway destinations.
• A 63 day planning inquiry started on 6 June 1983.
• London City Airport handled 3,379,753 passengers last year.
• London City Airport is an airport in London.
• Because of London City Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at London City 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 1990 the airport handled 230,000 passengers, but the figures fell drastically after the Gulf War and did not recover until 1993, when 245,000 passengers were carried.
• In September 2009, British Airways commenced the first scheduled transatlantic flights from the airport, with a twice daily service to New York City's John F.
• The closest airport to London City Airport (LCY) is London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) S of LCY.
• The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward, who was Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation that was responsible for the regeneration of the area.
• Due to the airport's proximity to Central London, it has stringent rules imposed to limit the noise impact from aircraft operations.
• The furthest airport from London City Airport (LCY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,881 miles (19,121 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.