Nonstop flight route between Luxor, Egypt and Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Luxor International Airport (LXR), Luxor, Egypt and Isle of Man Airport (IOM), Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,732 miles (or 4,396 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 Luxor International Airport and Isle of Man 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 Luxor International Airport and Isle of Man Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Luxor International Airport (LXR):

• Because of Luxor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at Luxor 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.
• Luxor International Airport (LXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 20 February 2009, an Antonov An-12 crashed after an engine caught fire on take-off.
• The furthest airport from Luxor International Airport (LXR) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Luxor International Airport (meaning Luxor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,096 miles (19,467 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Luxor International Airport (LXR) is Aswan International Airport (ASW), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) S of LXR.
• In 2005 the airport was upgraded to accommodate up to 8 million passengers a year.

Facts about Isle of Man Airport (IOM):

• In 2013, 739,683 passengers travelled through the airport, a 6.1% increase compared with 2012.
• A project by Ellis Brown Architects began in November 1998 to extend the airport and improve the facilities available to passengers.
• Isle of Man Airport (IOM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Isle of Man Airport (IOM) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Isle of Man Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Isle of Man 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.
• Several Manx-based airlines were formed in the early postwar years to operate scheduled and charter services to the UK mainland.
• Now a naval air station, RNAS Ronaldsway, the airport was taken out of commission in 1943 for almost twelve months of extensive development.
• The closest airport to Isle of Man Airport (IOM) is Barrow/Walney Island Airport (BWF), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) E of IOM.
• Isle of Man Airport handled 739,683 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Isle of Man Airport", another name for IOM is "Purt Aer Vannin".