Nonstop flight route between Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lydd International Airport (LYX), Lydd, England, United Kingdom and Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 330 miles (or 532 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 Lydd International Airport and Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | WIE / ETOU |
| Airport Name: | Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden |
| Location: | Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°2'57"N by 8°19'27"E |
| Operator/Owner: | United States with authority from Germany |
| View all routes: | Routes from WIE |
| More Information: | WIE Maps & Info |
Facts about Lydd International Airport (LYX):
- The closest airport to Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of LYX.
- Lydd Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
- Lydd Airport, opened in 1956, was the first airport to be built in the UK following the end of the Second World War.
- 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.
- Lydd Airport is located 1.2 NM northeast of the town of Lydd and 12 NM south of Ashford in the District of Shepway within Kent, England.
- Lydd International Airport (LYX) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Facts about Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE):
- EATS originally was composed of left-over wartime troop carrier squadrons, glider and fighter pilots, B-17 crewmen and other available personnel.
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- Strategically,in the mid-1980s the base facilitated flights of the F-117 "Stealth Fighter." Although not officially acknowledged by the U.S.
- The Government Relations Advisor is a paid full-time position, which monitors and advises US military staff on all German-US political and military issues affecting US forces at Wiesbaden Army Airfield.
- The closest airport to Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE) is Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of WIE.
- The furthest airport from Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,950 miles (19,232 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
