Nonstop flight route between Lakeview, Oregon, United States and Duxford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lake County Airport (LKV), Lakeview, Oregon, United States and Duxford Aerodrome (QFO), Duxford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,020 miles (or 8,078 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 Lake County Airport and Duxford Aerodrome, 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 Lake County Airport and Duxford Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKV / KLKV |
| Airport Name: | Lake County Airport |
| Location: | Lakeview, Oregon, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°9'39"N by 120°23'57"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Lake County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4733 feet (1,443 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LKV |
| More Information: | LKV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QFO / EGSU |
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| Location: | Duxford, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°5'26"N by 0°7'54"E |
| Area Served: | Imperial War Museum Duxford |
| Operator/Owner: | Imperial War Museum & Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Airport Type: | Private-owned, Public-use |
| Elevation: | 125 feet (38 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from QFO |
| More Information: | QFO Maps & Info |
Facts about Lake County Airport (LKV):
- The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LKV) is Crater Lake- Klamath Regional Airport (LMT), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) W of LKV.
- Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 4,733 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LKV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LKV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Lake County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 5,306 x 100 ft.
- The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LKV) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,051 miles (17,785 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Lake County Airport (LKV) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Duxford Aerodrome (QFO):
- Duxford reopened in August 1951.
- The furthest airport from Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,843 miles (19,060 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Duxford Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Duxford Aerodrome 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.
- Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) has 2 runways.
- On average sixty Spitfires and Hurricanes were dispersed around Duxford and RAF Fowlmere every day.
- Duxford became the home of several specialist units, including the Air Fighting Development Unit, which moved to the station at the end of 1940.
- The airfield is owned by the Imperial War Museum and is the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford and the American Air Museum.
- The closest airport to Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of QFO.
- In addition to being known as "Duxford Aerodrome", other names for QFO include "Royal Air Force Station Duxford" and "USAAF Station 357".
