Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Pompano Beach, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM), Pompano Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,402 miles (or 7,085 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 Pompano Beach Airpark, 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 Pompano Beach Airpark. 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):

• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• Despite the rapid expansion of BUA's scheduled activities at Gatwick, the airport was dominated by non-scheduled services into the 1980s.
• Queen Elizabeth II flew into Gatwick on 9 June 1958 in a de Havilland Heron of the Queen's Flight for the opening.
• 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.
• On 27 May 1958, the original Gatwick railway station reopened as the Gatwick Airport station, and the Tinsley Green station was closed.
• BEA Helicopters made Gatwick their administrative and engineering base on 1 January 1964.
• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• The Redwing Aircraft Company bought the aerodrome in 1932, and operated a flying school.
• The 20th anniversary of Gatwick's reopening by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 June 1978 coincided with the introduction by BCal, British Airways Helicopters and the BAA of Airlink, a helicopter shuttle service operating 10 times daily to Heathrow.
• 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 Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM):

• The closest airport to Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM) is Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of PPM.
• The Goodyear Blimp Spirit of Innovation is based out of Pompano Beach Airpark.
• The airport also has an operational air traffic control tower under the FAA Contract Tower Program.
• Because of Pompano Beach Airpark's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Pompano Beach Airpark 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 "Pompano Beach Airpark", another name for PPM is "PMP".
• Additional lands surrounding the Air Park, including land along Copans Road and the Florida East Coast Railway tracks to the west of the Air Park, were transferred to the City on June 24, 1948, bringing the total acreage at the Air Park to 1,035 acres.
• Pompano Beach Airport was constructed during World War II as an outlying field for Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, what is now the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,587 miles (18,648 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM) has 3 runways.