Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO), Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,595 miles (or 7,395 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 Stillwater Regional 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 Stillwater Regional 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 (LGW) has 2 runways.
• Beginning in the late 1950s, a number of British contemporary private airlines joined Airwork at the airport.
• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• Two fatal accidents occurred, raising questions about the airport's safety.
• 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 third extension to Gatwick's runway was completed in 1973, bringing it to 10,165 ft and allowing for non-stop narrow-body operations to the US west coast and commercially viable, long-range wide-body operations.Wardair became the first airline to operate Boeing 747s at Gatwick.KLM augmented its Heathrow–Amsterdam service with a Gatwick–Amsterdam route, making it the first non-UK airline to split operations between Heathrow and Gatwick for commercial reasons rather than to comply with government directives.
• The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• On 1 April 1961, BEA began operating half its London–Paris flights from Gatwick.
• 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.
• In 1935, a new airline, Allied British Airways, was formed with the merger of Hillman's Airways, United Airways and Spartan Airways.

Facts about Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO):

• The furthest airport from Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,797 miles (17,377 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO) has 2 runways.
• The airport is home to the Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum.
• The closest airport to Stillwater Regional Airport (SWO) is Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SE of SWO.
• After World War II the airfield was one of six locations in the nation that stored surplus bombers, fighters, trainers, and transports.
• In addition to being known as "Stillwater Regional Airport", another name for SWO is "Searcy Field".
• Stillwater was home to an Essential Air Service airline named Exec Express,Inc..
• One of the aircraft processed through Stillwater - and purchased by Mantz - was B-17 41-24577 "Hells Angels," which was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions.