Nonstop flight route between Viña del Mar, Chile and Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), Viña del Mar, Chile and Lympne Airport (LYM), Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,279 miles (or 11,714 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 Viña del Mar 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 Viña del Mar Airport and Lympne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KNA / SCVM |
Airport Name: | Viña del Mar Airport |
Location: | Viña del Mar, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°56'58"S by 71°28'42"W |
Area Served: | Viña del MarValparaíso |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 461 feet (141 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KNA |
More Information: | KNA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYM / EGMK |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°4'58"N by 1°1'1"E |
Area Served: | Ashford, Kent, Hythe, Kent |
Operator/Owner: | Royal Flying Corps (1916–18) Royal Air Force (1918–19) civil (1919–39) Fleet Air Arm (1939–40) Royal Air Force (1940–46) civil (1946–84) |
Airport Type: | Closed |
Elevation: | 351 feet (107 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYM |
More Information: | LYM Maps & Info |
Facts about Viña del Mar Airport (KNA):
- Because of Viña del Mar Airport's relatively low elevation of 461 feet, planes can take off or land at Viña del Mar 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 Viña del Mar Airport (KNA) is Ankang Wulipu Airport (AKA), which is nearly antipodal to Viña del Mar Airport (meaning Viña del Mar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ankang Wulipu Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
- Viña del Mar Airport (KNA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Viña del Mar Airport (KNA) is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) SE of KNA.
Facts about Lympne Airport (LYM):
- On 1 December 1946, Group Captain A.
- During the General Strike of 1926, which ran from 3–13 May, the Daily Mail was printed in Paris and flown from there to Lympne on Handley Page W.10 Imperial Airways aircraft.
- Lympne Airport (LYM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lympne Airport (LYM) is Lydd International Airport (LYX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LYM.
- In January 1934, a new radio, telegraph and telephone link was installed at Lympne and St Inglevert which came into operation on 26 January.
- 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.
- Lympne returned to civilian use on 1 January 1946.
- In addition to being known as "Lympne Airport", another name for LYM is "Ashford Airport".
- 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.
- A Junkers F.13 called at Lympne on 10 January 1923 to clear customs and then flew to Croydon where it was inspected by Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare.