Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Prescott, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,228 miles (or 8,413 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 Prescott Municipal 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 Gatwick Airport and Prescott Municipal Airport. 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.
• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• On 6 July 1935, the aerodrome closed temporarily for renovations, which included the construction of the "Beehive", the world's first circular terminal building.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• Caledonian Airways purchased British United Airways in November 1970, and the combined airline was initially known as Caledonian/BUA.
• 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.

Facts about Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC):

• The City of Prescott announced that passenger totals for 2009 were 11,690.
• Because of Prescott Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,045 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PRC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PRC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,376 miles (18,307 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) is Sedona Airport (SDX), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) ENE of PRC.
• In addition to being known as "Prescott Municipal Airport", another name for PRC is "Ernest A. Love Field".
• This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.