Nonstop flight route between Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Nangan, Matsu Islands, Taiwan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Nangan Airport (LZN), Nangan, Matsu Islands, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,907 miles (or 9,506 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Nangan 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Nangan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• On 16 June 2011, Ryanair announced that they would start two new routes to Eastern Europe, meeting the pledge they made two years previously.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• Seasonal flights between Yeadon and Liverpool commenced.
• The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• The airport was opened as the "Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome" on 17 October 1931 and was operated by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club on behalf of Leeds and Bradford Corporations.
• On 4 November 1984, the day the runway extension was officially opened, Wardair commenced transatlantic flights from Leeds Bradford to Toronto, using Boeing 747s, though these flights were later discontinued.
• Since 2000 the airport has been home to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
• Bridgepoint Capital and Leeds City Council hope that by redeveloping the airport, it will attract even more companies, jobs and people to the area which already has a population of 2.9 million.
• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford 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.

Facts about Nangan Airport (LZN):

• Nangan Airport (LZN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nangan Airport's relatively low elevation of 232 feet, planes can take off or land at Nangan 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 "Nangan Airport", other names for LZN include "南竿航空站馬祖南竿機場" and "Nángān HángkōngzhànMǎzǔ Nángān Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Nangan Airport (LZN) is Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SW of LZN.
• The furthest airport from Nangan Airport (LZN) is Resistencia International Airport (RES), which is nearly antipodal to Nangan Airport (meaning Nangan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Resistencia International Airport), and is located 12,329 miles (19,841 kilometers) away in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.