Nonstop flight route between Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Garachiné, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Luton Airport (LTN), Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Garachiné Airport (GHE), Garachiné, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,269 miles (or 8,480 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 Garachiné 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 Garachiné 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 Luton Airport (LTN):

• In addition Monarch and Thomson Airways have their head offices located at the airport.
• The airport recently featured in the series "Supersize Grime" which focused on the cleaning of an Airbus A321 at the Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd hangar 127.
• London Luton Airport handled 9,697,944 passengers last year.
• The northern side of the U-shaped apron is ringed by a continuous line of hangars and other buildings, emphasising the fact that Luton is a major maintenance base for several airlines including Thomson Airways, Monarch and EasyJet.
• 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.
• London Luton Airport (LTN) currently has only 1 runway.
• It became the operating base for charter airlines such as Autair, Euravia, Dan-Air and Monarch.
• The original runways had been grass tracks 18/36 and 06/24, and then a concrete runway 08/26.
• The closest airport to London Luton Airport (LTN) is Hatfield Aerodrome (HTF), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of LTN.
• 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.

Facts about Garachiné Airport (GHE):

• The closest airport to Garachiné Airport (GHE) is Contadora Airport (OTD), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NW of GHE.
• The furthest airport from Garachiné Airport (GHE) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Garachiné Airport (meaning Garachiné Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,142 miles (19,541 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
• Garachiné Airport (GHE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Garachiné Airport", another name for GHE is "Aeropuerto de Garachiné".