Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, England, United Kingdom and Momote Airport (MAS), Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,549 miles (or 13,759 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 Momote 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 Momote 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):

• The airport holds a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence, which allows flights for public transportation of passengers or for flying instruction.
• Air traffic controllers at Heathrow Approach Control then guide the aircraft to their final approach, merging aircraft from the four holds into a single stream of traffic, sometimes as close as 2.5 nautical miles apart.
• Terminal 2 opened to passengers on 4 June 2014.
• Of Heathrow's 69 million passengers in 2011, 7% were bound for UK destinations, 41% were short-haul international travellers and 52% were long-haul.
• London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow is a major international airport serving London, England, known as London Airport from 1946 until 1965.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR) has 2 runways.
• Full body scanners are now used at the airport, and passengers who object to their use after being selected are not allowed to fly.
• The closest airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is RAF Northolt (NHT), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNE of LHR.

Facts about Momote Airport (MAS):

• The furthest airport from Momote Airport (MAS) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is nearly antipodal to Momote Airport (meaning Momote Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Governador Carlos Wilson Airport), and is located 12,028 miles (19,357 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• Built by the Imperial Japanese at Momote during World War II.
• Momote Airport (MAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Momote Airport (MAS) is Emirau Airport (EMI), which is located 179 miles (287 kilometers) E of MAS.
• Occupied on 2 March 1944 by the US Army's 1st Cavalry Division as part of the Battle of Los Negros, which was part of the Admiralty Islands campaign.
• Because of Momote Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Momote 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.