Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Ayacucho, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, England, United Kingdom and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC), Ayacucho, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,251 miles (or 10,060 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 London Heathrow Airport and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte 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 London Heathrow Airport and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London Heathrow Airport (LHR):

• In the 1950s, Heathrow had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent passenger terminal in the middle and the older terminal along the north edge of the field, and two of its runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction.
• The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, which also owns and operates three other UK airports, and is itself owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group that includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
• The furthest airport from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,875 miles (19,112 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is RAF Northolt (NHT), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNE of LHR.
• The original 1950s red-brick control tower was demolished in early 2013 to enable access roads for the new Terminal 2 to be laid.
• In 2005, a substantial redesign and redevelopment of the terminal saw the opening of the new Eastern Extension, doubling the size of the departure lounge and creating additional seating as well as retail space.
• Because of London Heathrow Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at London Heathrow 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.
• A trial of "noise relief zones" ran from December 2012 to March 2013, which concentrated approach flight paths into defined areas compared with the existing paths which were spread out.

Facts about Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC):

• The furthest airport from Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC) is Ratanakiri Airport (RBE), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (meaning Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ratanakiri Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Ratanakiri, Cambodia.
• Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport", other names for AYC include "AYP", "SPHO" and "AYP".
• Because of Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport's high elevation of 8,917 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AYC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AYC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC) is Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of AYC.