Nonstop flight route between Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Arica, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Luton Airport (LTN), Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Chacalluta International Airport (ARI), Arica, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,404 miles (or 10,307 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 Luton Airport and Chacalluta International 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 Luton Airport and Chacalluta International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about London Luton Airport (LTN):

• The airport lies a few miles away from the M1 motorway, which runs southwards to London, northwards to Leeds and connects to the M25 motorway.
• From the mid-1960s, executive aircraft have been based at the airport, initially operated by McAlpine Aviation.
• It became the operating base for charter airlines such as Autair, Euravia, Dan-Air and Monarch.
• London Luton Airport handled 9,697,944 passengers last year.
• London Luton Airport is an international airport located 1.5 nautical miles east of the town centre in the Borough of Luton in Bedfordshire, England and is 30.5 NM north of Central London.
• London Luton Airport (LTN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport remains in municipal ownership, owned by Luton Borough Council but managed by the private sector London Luton Airport Operations Limited.
• The closest airport to London Luton Airport (LTN) is Hatfield Aerodrome (HTF), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of LTN.
• Because of London Luton Airport's relatively low elevation of 526 feet, planes can take off or land at London Luton 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 Luton Airport (LTN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,851 miles (19,072 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In August 1997, to fund an £80 million extension of the airport, the council issued a 30-year concession contract to a public private partnership consortium, London Luton Airport Operations Limited, a partnership of Airport Group International and Barclays Private Equity.

Facts about Chacalluta International Airport (ARI):

• The furthest airport from Chacalluta International Airport (ARI) is Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX), which is nearly antipodal to Chacalluta International Airport (meaning Chacalluta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sanya Phoenix International Airport), and is located 12,420 miles (19,988 kilometers) away in Sanya, Hainan, China.
• Chacalluta International Airport (ARI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chacalluta International Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Chacalluta International 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 closest airport to Chacalluta International Airport (ARI) is Chacalluta International Airport (ACM), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ARI.
• In addition to being known as "Chacalluta International Airport", another name for ARI is "Aeródromo de Chacalluta Arica".