Nonstop flight route between Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Wanigela, Papua New Guinea:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from LYX to AGL:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LYX Airport Information
- AGL Airport Information
- Facts about LYX
- Facts about AGL
- Map of Nearest Airports to LYX
- List of Nearest Airports to LYX
- Map of Furthest Airports from LYX
- List of Furthest Airports from LYX
- Map of Nearest Airports to AGL
- List of Nearest Airports to AGL
- Map of Furthest Airports from AGL
- List of Furthest Airports from AGL
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lydd International Airport (LYX), Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Wanigela Airport (AGL), Wanigela, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,042 miles (or 14,552 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 Lydd International Airport and Wanigela 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 Lydd International Airport and Wanigela Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYX / EGMD |
Airport Name: | Lydd International Airport |
Location: | Lydd, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°57'21"N by 0°56'21"E |
Area Served: | London, East Sussex and Kent |
Operator/Owner: | London Ashford Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYX |
More Information: | LYX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AGL / AYWG |
Airport Name: | Wanigela Airport |
Location: | Wanigela, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°20'15"S by 149°9'20"E |
View all routes: | Routes from AGL |
More Information: | AGL Maps & Info |
Facts about Lydd International Airport (LYX):
- Lydd International Airport (LYX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,928 miles (19,197 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- As of August 2011 Bin Air are operating nightly chartered freight services to Stuttgart using a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner.
- Lydd International Airport handled 2,696 passengers last year.
- Because of Lydd International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Lydd 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 closest airport to Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of LYX.
- Lydd Air is based at the airport, offering regular flights to Le Touquet in northern France.
- On 12 April 2014, Newmarket Holidays, which offers flights to Verona and Naples in Italy, said it would move its Kent departures from Manston to Lydd Airport.
Facts about Wanigela Airport (AGL):
- The furthest airport from Wanigela Airport (AGL) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,861 miles (19,088 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The closest airport to Wanigela Airport (AGL) is Agaun Airport (AUP), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SSE of AGL.