Nonstop flight route between Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands and Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands and Lympne Airport (LYM), Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,717 miles (or 12,419 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 Johnston Atoll Airport and Lympne 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 Johnston Atoll Airport and Lympne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Johnston Atoll Airport (JON):

• The closest airport to Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is located 733 miles (1,179 kilometers) ENE of JON.
• In February 1941 Johnston Atoll was designated as a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation.
• Because of Johnston Atoll Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Johnston Atoll 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 September 1941 construction of an airfield on Johnston Island commenced.
• The furthest airport from Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) is Lubango Mukanka Airport (SDD), which is nearly antipodal to Johnston Atoll Airport (meaning Johnston Atoll Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lubango Mukanka Airport), and is located 12,195 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Lubango, Angola.
• Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) currently has only 1 runway.
• Johnston Atoll Airport is located on the Johnston Atoll in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers southwest of Hawaii.

Facts about Lympne Airport (LYM):

• In March 1932, the arrangements for flying between Lympne and Croydon in poor visibility were altered.
• Because of Lympne Airport's relatively low elevation of 351 feet, planes can take off or land at Lympne 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.
• The furthest airport from Lympne Airport (LYM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,184 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 1 December 1946, Group Captain A.
• Lympne returned to civilian use on 1 January 1946.
• From 1–31 May 1924, the Royal Air Force conducted a number of night flying experiments.
• In addition to being known as "Lympne Airport", another name for LYM is "Ashford Airport".
• From 2 to 16 August 1936, No.
• Lympne Airport (LYM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Work began on creating a landing ground at Folks Wood, Lympne, in the autumn of 1915.
• The closest airport to Lympne Airport (LYM) is Lydd International Airport (LYX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LYM.