Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Omidiyeh, Iran:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI), Omidiyeh, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,877 miles (or 4,630 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 Gatwick Airport and Omidiyeh Air 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 Gatwick Airport and Omidiyeh Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):

• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• 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.
• 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.
• Despite the rapid expansion of BUA's scheduled activities at Gatwick, the airport was dominated by non-scheduled services into the 1980s.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• In November 1972, Laker Airways became the first operator of wide-body aircraft at Gatwick after the introduction of two McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft.
• In November 1948, the airport's owners warned that it might revert to private use by November 1949.
• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• The first scheduled flight departed from the Beehive terminal on 17 May 1936, bound for Paris.

Facts about Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI):

• The closest airport to Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI) is Mahshahr Airport (MRX), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SW of OMI.
• Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI) has 2 runways.
• Because of Omidiyeh Air Base's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Omidiyeh Air Base 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 Omidiyeh Air Base (OMI) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,836 miles (19,049 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.