Nonstop flight route between Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Luton Airport (LTN), Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 261 miles (or 420 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 relatively short distance between London Luton Airport and Land's End Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about London Luton Airport (LTN):

• London Luton Airport (LTN) currently has only 1 runway.
• From the mid-1960s, executive aircraft have been based at the airport, initially operated by McAlpine Aviation.
• 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.
• London Luton Airport handled 9,697,944 passengers last year.
• In addition Monarch and Thomson Airways have their head offices located at the airport.
• Following the war, the land was returned to the local council which continued activity at the airport as a commercial operation.
• First Capital Connect is the primary operator, with services to the following principal population centres Bedford, St Albans, London, Wimbledon, Sutton, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):

• The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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 Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
• Cobham Air Routes started to plan the route linking the Isles of Scilly to the mainland in 1935.
• In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".
• Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.
• Between 1966 and 1970, Scillonia Airways operated from the airport, flying Rapides.
• Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.