Nonstop flight route between Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lympne Airport (LYM), Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,359 miles (or 11,842 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 Lympne Airport and Cibeureum Airfield, 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 Lympne Airport and Cibeureum Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lympne Airport (LYM):

• 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.
• Lympne was also involved in the evolution of air traffic control, with facilities developing and improving during the 1920s and 1930s.
• In January 1929, a Notice to Airmen said that when visibility was bad any aircraft not fitted with radios were warned against using the Croydon–Edenbridge–Ashford–Lympne route or any of the alternative routes notified in 1927.
• The closest airport to Lympne Airport (LYM) is Lydd International Airport (LYX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LYM.
• Lympne Airport (LYM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lympne returned to civilian use on 1 January 1946.
• In addition to being known as "Lympne Airport", another name for LYM is "Ashford Airport".
• On 4 June 1937, a British Klemm Swallow made a pilot-less take-off from Lympne and flew for some 35 minutes before crashing into a tree.
• A Junkers F.13 called at Lympne on 10 January 1923 to clear customs and then flew to Croydon where it was inspected by Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare.
• 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.
• On 1 January 1946, RAF Lympne was handed over to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and became a civil airport once more.

Facts about Cibeureum Airfield (TSY):

• The closest airport to Cibeureum Airfield (TSY) is Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of TSY.
• The furthest airport from Cibeureum Airfield (TSY) is Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD), which is nearly antipodal to Cibeureum Airfield (meaning Cibeureum Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Santo Domingo (near San Cristóbal, Táchira), Venezuela.
• In addition to being known as "Cibeureum Airfield", another name for TSY is "Lapangan Udara Cibeureum".
• Cibeureum Airfield (TSY) currently has only 1 runway.