Nonstop flight route between Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,002 miles (or 6,441 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 Land's End Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, 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 Land's End Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):

• During the winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14 the airport closed for long periods when the grass runways became waterlogged, and flights were temporarily moved from Land's End to Newquay.
• Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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 closest airport to Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
• Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.
• Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 1 February 1947 the airline and the service were taken over by BEA.
• In 1984 Isles of Scilly Skybus started operations at the airport, initially freight and charter, then scheduled services from April 1987, flying Islanders and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.
• In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, work on this new airfield accelerated rapidly.
• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Department of War, in turn, announced that it would not contest the wish of the Department of the Navy to take over Rickenbacker Field, and that it would build its new factory elsewhere.
• In the spring of 1943 the adjacent Bell Aircraft Company's factory, an additional plant and a Martin plant at Offutt Field, Omaha, Nebraska) for manufacturing B-29 Superfortresses was completed.
• The Wing's primary mission is training C-130H aircrews for the United States Air Force's active duty, guard and reserve components.
• In June 1992 the official name was changed from Dobbins Air Force Base to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.