Nonstop flight route between Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom and Iberia, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom and Iberia Airport (IBP), Iberia, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,042 miles (or 9,724 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 RAF Lossiemouth and Iberia 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 RAF Lossiemouth and Iberia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Lossiemouth (LMO):

• The closest airport to RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) is Kinloss Barracks (FSS), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of LMO.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,609 miles (18,682 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and is Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s.
• On 1 July 1991, the Shackletons of 8 Squadron retired from service and on 1 October 1991 237 Operational Conversion Unit was disbanded.
• The Fleet Air Arm handed the station back to the Royal Air Force on 28 September 1972 and 'D' Flight, 202 Squadron, the Helicopter Search and Rescue Flight, was the first RAF unit to return.
• The President of Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn stated in an interview with Space.co.uk on 29 April 2008 that the company was considering flying from RAF Lossiemouth during the summer months only.

Facts about Iberia Airport (IBP):

• The furthest airport from Iberia Airport (IBP) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Iberia Airport (meaning Iberia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,860 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
• Iberia Airport (IBP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Iberia Airport (IBP) is Alerta Airport (ALD), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSE of IBP.
• Because of Iberia Airport's relatively low elevation of 750 feet, planes can take off or land at Iberia 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.