Nonstop flight route between Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom and Parakou, Benin:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom and Parakou Airport (PKO), Parakou, Benin would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,356 miles (or 5,400 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 Parakou 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 Parakou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LMO / EGQS |
Airport Name: | RAF Lossiemouth |
Location: | Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 57°42'19"N by 3°20'21"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from LMO |
More Information: | LMO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PKO / DBBP |
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Location: | Parakou, Benin |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'25"N by 2°36'33"E |
Area Served: | Parakou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1289 feet (393 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PKO |
More Information: | PKO Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lossiemouth (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.
- The closest airport to RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) is Kinloss Barracks (FSS), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of LMO.
- In November 2005, it was announced that Lossiemouth would be the main base for the RAF's fleet of F-35 Lightning IIs.
- At the end of the hostilities the station became a satellite unit of Milltown in RAF Coastal Command, before being handed over to the Fleet Air Arm in 1946 and becoming RNAS Lossiemouth.
- In April 1994, 208 Squadron was disbanded and was replaced by 617 Squadron, which transferred with their Tornados from RAF Marham in Norfolk.
- From Summer 2014, the Northern Quick Reaction Alert force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of RAF Leuchars.
Facts about Parakou Airport (PKO):
- Parakou Airport (PKO) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Parakou Airport", another name for PKO is "Parakou Airport (Parakou)".
- The furthest airport from Parakou Airport (PKO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Parakou Airport (meaning Parakou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,197 miles (19,629 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- The closest airport to Parakou Airport (PKO) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of PKO.