Nonstop flight route between Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Girona, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lympne Airport (LYM), Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), Girona, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 640 miles (or 1,030 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 Lympne Airport and Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lympne Airport (LYM):

• From 2 to 16 August 1936, No.
• In 1933, Imperial Airway's Armstrong Whitworth Argosy aircraft were replaced by Handley Page H.P.42s.
• Lympne Airport (LYM) currently has only 1 runway.
• A meeting was held over the Easter weekend in 1928 by the Cinque Ports Flying Club.
• In addition to being known as "Lympne Airport", another name for LYM is "Ashford Airport".
• During the General Strike of 1926, which ran from 3–13 May, the Daily Mail was printed in Paris and flown from there to Lympne on Handley Page W.10 Imperial Airways aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Lympne Airport (LYM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,184 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Lympne Airport's relatively low elevation of 351 feet, planes can take off or land at Lympne 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 Lympne Airport (LYM) is Lydd International Airport (LYX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LYM.
• Work began on creating a landing ground at Folks Wood, Lympne, in the autumn of 1915.
• In May 1939, Lympne was transferred to Fighter Command.

Facts about Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO):

• Because of Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava's relatively low elevation of 469 feet, planes can take off or land at Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava 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.
• Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (meaning Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,299 miles (19,793 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On the ground floor there are 33 check-in desks, with 11 boarding gates on the first floor for both domestic and international flights.
• The closest main line railway station to the airport is in Girona.
• The closest airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) is Sabadell Airport (QSA), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SW of GRO.
• Girona–Costa Brava Airport Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava handled 2,736,867 passengers last year.