Nonstop flight route between Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Greenville, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lydd International Airport (LYX), Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Donaldson Center Airport (GDC), Greenville, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,132 miles (or 6,649 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 Donaldson Center 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 Donaldson Center 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: | GDC / KGYH |
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Location: | Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°45'29"N by 82°22'35"W |
Area Served: | Greenville, South Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | Greenville City/County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 955 feet (291 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDC |
More Information: | GDC Maps & Info |
Facts about Lydd International Airport (LYX):
- 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.
- Lydd International Airport (LYX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In July 2011 CityJet conducted flight tests with the Avro RJ and Fokker 50 to see if the runway needs to be extended for them to begin operating flights.
- During the 1980s the airport was bought by Hards Travel from Solihull, who used the airport as its base for its holiday operations to Spain, Italy and Austria, using Dart Herald and Viscount aircraft flying to Beauvais in France, where customers were transferred to coaches for the remainder of the journey.
- The closest airport to Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of LYX.
- 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.
- Lydd Air is based at the airport, offering regular flights to Le Touquet in northern France.
- Lydd International Airport handled 2,696 passengers last year.
Facts about Donaldson Center Airport (GDC):
- Because of Donaldson Center Airport's relatively low elevation of 955 feet, planes can take off or land at Donaldson Center 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 Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) is Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of GDC.
- The furthest airport from Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,439 miles (18,410 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Donaldson Center Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres which contains one runway designated 5/23 with 8,000 x 150 ft concrete pavement.
- In addition to being known as "Donaldson Center Airport", another name for GDC is "GYH".