Nonstop flight route between Lakeland, Florida, United States and Haverfordwest, Wales, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL), Lakeland, Florida, United States and Haverfordwest Aerodrome (HAW), Haverfordwest, Wales, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,186 miles (or 6,736 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 Lakeland Linder Regional Airport and Haverfordwest Aerodrome, 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 Lakeland Linder Regional Airport and Haverfordwest Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL):

• The furthest airport from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 142 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakeland Linder Regional 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.
• Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Lakeland Linder Regional Airport", another name for LAL is "Drane Field".
• From the 1970s until 1999, the airfield operated as a joint civil-military facility when it hosted Army Aviation Support Facility #2 of the Florida Army National Guard, operating since-retired UH-1 Huey helicopters, followed by locally-based UH-60L Blackhawk helicopters of Detachment D, 171st Aviation Battalion and C-23B+ Sherpa fixed-wing cargo aircraft of Detachment 1, H/171st Aviation Battalion.
• The airport hosts corporate flight operations for the respective national headquarters of the Publix supermarket corporation, its associated PECU Insurance Agency, LLC, and the Watkins Motor Line trucking corporation.
• It was anticipated that the 2013 Federal sequester would result in the closure of the airport's control tower and require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
• The closest airport to Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of LAL.
• The Lakeland VORTAC is physically located on the airfield and all runways have high intensity runway lighting and P4L precision approach path indicator systems.

Facts about Haverfordwest Aerodrome (HAW):

• Haverfordwest Aerodrome (HAW) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Haverfordwest Aerodrome (HAW) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Haverfordwest Aerodrome (HAW) is Swansea Airport (SWS), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) ESE of HAW.
• In addition to being known as "Haverfordwest Aerodrome", another name for HAW is "Withybush Aerodrome".
• Because of Haverfordwest Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 159 feet, planes can take off or land at Haverfordwest Aerodrome 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.