Nonstop flight route between Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and San Salvador, El Salvador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Luton Airport (LTN), Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom and Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL), San Salvador, El Salvador would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,435 miles (or 8,747 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 Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero 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 Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International 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):

• London Luton Airport (LTN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition Monarch and Thomson Airways have their head offices located at the airport.
• 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.
• 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.
• The airport possesses a single runway, running roughly east to west, with a length of 2,160 m at an elevation of 526 ft.
• In 2004 the airport management announced that they supported the government plans to expand the facilities to include a full-length runway and a new terminal.
• 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.
• In the 1980s the airport was seeing a decline in customer numbers.
• The closest airport to London Luton Airport (LTN) is Hatfield Aerodrome (HTF), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of LTN.
• London Luton Airport handled 9,697,944 passengers last year.

Facts about Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL):

• Because of Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero 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 certification will enable El Salvador to keep the category 1ante Federal Aviation Administration United States.
• The furthest airport from Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (meaning Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,031 miles (19,362 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL) has 2 runways.
• With 2,076,258 passengers in 2008, it is the busiest airport in El Salvador and third-busiest in Central America by passenger traffic.
• In late 2012, CEPA has been able to begin their rehabilitation, modernization and optimization project in the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport", another name for SAL is "Comalapa International Airport".
• The Legislature of El Salvador approved on 19 March 2014 without the vote of ARENA and PDC, the renaming of the International Airport of El Salvador to Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
• The closest airport to Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL) is Marcala Airport (MRJ), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) NE of SAL.
• When the airport was built, it originally had only 7 gates.