Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Doncaster, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), Doncaster, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 164 miles (or 265 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 relatively short distance between Gatwick Airport and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):

• Between 1958 and 1959, Sudan Airways and BWIA West Indies Airways were among Gatwick's first scheduled overseas airlines.
• In May 1950, Gatwick's first charter flight left the airport's original grass runway for Calvi on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
• Despite the rapid expansion of BUA's scheduled activities at Gatwick, the airport was dominated by non-scheduled services into the 1980s.
• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• The London and Brighton Railway opened on 21 September 1841, and ran near Gatwick Manor.
• Caledonian Airways purchased British United Airways in November 1970, and the combined airline was initially known as Caledonian/BUA.
• The first scheduled flight departed from the Beehive terminal on 17 May 1936, bound for Paris.
• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick 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 Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA):

• The closest airport to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of DSA.
• Inside the passenger terminal are 24 check in desks, 6 departure gates and 3 baggage carousels.
• Aer Lingus then launched services to Dublin in 2010, using ATR72 aircraft which were operated by Aer Arann.
• EasyJet regularly uses the airport to operate training circuits for flight crew training, However there are no flights.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield handled 690,351 passengers last year.
• In late 2010, Ryanair announced flights to Tenerife South and Faro airports although Faro was deleted for 2012 and the Alicante service dropped due to a dispute with Alicante Airport.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Long haul flights to North America began in summer 2007, with Flyglobespan operating to Hamilton, Ontario, and Thomsonfly to Orlando, Cancún and Puerto Plata.
• The furthest airport from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,785 miles (18,966 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield 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.