Nonstop flight route between Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Sheffield, England, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
(21°49'32"N by 71°48'8"W)
Arrival Airport:
(53°23'39"N by 1°23'18"W)
Distance from MDS to SZD:
4,218.26 miles (6,788.62 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Middle Caicos Airport (MDS), Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,218 miles (or 6,789 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 Middle Caicos Airport and Sheffield City Heliport, 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 Middle Caicos Airport and Sheffield City Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MDS / MBMC |
| Airport Name: | Middle Caicos Airport |
| Location: | Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°49'32"N by 71°48'8"W |
| Area Served: | Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 9 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MDS |
| More Information: | MDS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZD / EGSY |
| Airport Name: | Sheffield City Heliport |
| Location: | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 53°23'39"N by 1°23'18"W |
| Area Served: | Sheffield |
| Operator/Owner: | Peel Airports and Heliports |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 231 feet (70 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SZD |
| More Information: | SZD Maps & Info |
Facts about Middle Caicos Airport (MDS):
- The furthest airport from Middle Caicos Airport (MDS) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Middle Caicos Airport (meaning Middle Caicos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,058 miles (19,406 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Middle Caicos Airport (MDS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Middle Caicos Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Middle Caicos 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 Middle Caicos Airport (MDS) is North Caicos Airport (NCA), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of MDS.
Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):
- Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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.
- Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.
- The airport was built as part of a plan by the Sheffield Development Corporation to regenerate a very rundown old industrial area and to reclaim the land, which had previously been mined and was the site of derelict steelworks and waste tips.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10.83 miles (17.42 km) NW | North Caicos Airport (NCA) | North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands |     |
| 2 | 27.71 miles (44.60 km) SE | South Caicos Airport (XSC) | South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| 3 | 29.94 miles (48.19 km) W | Providenciales International Airport (PLS) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| 4 | 49.93 miles (80.35 km) ESE | JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) | Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| 5 | 86.45 miles (139.13 km) WNW | Mayaguana Airport (MYG) | Abraham's Bay, Mayaguana, Bahamas | |
| 6 | 133.57 miles (214.96 km) WSW | Inagua Airport (IGA) | Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island, Bahamas | |
| 7 | 146.80 miles (236.25 km) S | Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP) | Cap-Haïtien, Haiti | |
| 8 | 163.57 miles (263.23 km) SSE | Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) | San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | |
| 9 | 164.88 miles (265.34 km) WNW | Colonel Hill Airport (CRI) | Colonel Hill, Crooked Island, Bahamas | |
| 10 | 184.25 miles (296.53 km) SSE | Cibao International Airport (STI) | Santiago, Dominican Republic | |
| 11 | 201.38 miles (324.09 km) WSW | Gustavo Rizo Airport (BCA) | Baracoa, Cuba | |
| 12 | 213.48 miles (343.57 km) SSE | Constanza Airport (COZ) | Constanza, Dominican Republic | |
| 13 | 216.61 miles (348.59 km) WSW | Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA) | Moa, Cuba | |
| 14 | 221.42 miles (356.35 km) SE | El Catey International Airport (AZS) | El Catey, Samaná, Dominican Republic | |
| 15 | 226.50 miles (364.52 km) S | Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,058.45 miles (19,406.14 km) W | RAAF Learmonth (LEA) | Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,030.49 miles (19,361.14 km) WSW | Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) | Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 11,995.86 miles (19,305.42 km) SW | Shark Bay Airport (MJK) | Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 11,968.32 miles (19,261.09 km) W | Barrow Island Airport (BWB) | Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 5 | 11,881.18 miles (19,120.85 km) SW | Kalbarri Airport (KAX) | Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 11,879.37 miles (19,117.94 km) W | Karratha Airport (KTA) | Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 11,823.64 miles (19,028.25 km) W | Solomon Airport (SLJ) | Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 11,823.53 miles (19,028.09 km) W | Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY) | Coolawanyah Station, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 11,820.38 miles (19,023.00 km) W | Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) | Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 11,815.34 miles (19,014.90 km) W | Tom Price Airport (TPR) | Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 11,806.80 miles (19,001.15 km) SW | Geraldton Airport (GET) | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,788.60 miles (18,971.87 km) SW | Mullewa Airport (MXU) | Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,757.29 miles (18,921.48 km) W | Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) | Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,754.94 miles (18,917.69 km) W | Coondewanna Airport (CJF) | Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 11,733.09 miles (18,882.53 km) W | Barimunya Airport (BYP) | Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 16.79 miles (27.02 km) ENE | Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 34.46 miles (55.46 km) NNW | Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) | Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 36.64 miles (58.97 km) W | Manchester Airport (MAN) | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 38.99 miles (62.74 km) S | East Midlands Airport (EMA) | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 44.45 miles (71.53 km) ENE | Humberside Airport (HUY) | North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 48.71 miles (78.39 km) E | RAF Binbrook (GSY) | Grimsby, England, United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 54.66 miles (87.97 km) ESE | RAF Coningsby (QCY) | Coningsby, England, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 55.19 miles (88.83 km) SE | RAF Cottesmore (OKH) | Oakham, England, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 60.39 miles (97.18 km) W | Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 65.97 miles (106.16 km) WNW | Warton Aerodrome (WRT) | Warton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 66.67 miles (107.29 km) SSW | Birmingham Airport (BHX) | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 67.32 miles (108.34 km) WSW | Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) | Chester, England, United Kingdom | |
| 13 | 70.69 miles (113.77 km) S | Coventry Airport (CVT) | Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom | |
| 14 | 72.15 miles (116.11 km) WNW | Blackpool International Airport (BLK) | Blackpool, England, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | 77.06 miles (124.01 km) N | Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) | Teesside, England, United Kingdom | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,799.22 miles (18,988.96 km) SE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,791.59 miles (18,976.67 km) SE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,772.67 miles (18,946.23 km) SE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,763.53 miles (18,931.52 km) SSE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,737.74 miles (18,890.01 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,735.98 miles (18,887.18 km) SE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,725.39 miles (18,870.14 km) SSE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,711.79 miles (18,848.25 km) SSE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,707.95 miles (18,842.08 km) SE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,704.10 miles (18,835.87 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,698.56 miles (18,826.95 km) SSE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,676.65 miles (18,791.70 km) SE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,668.23 miles (18,778.16 km) SSE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,665.55 miles (18,773.83 km) SE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,646.83 miles (18,743.71 km) SSE | Fox Glacier Aerodrome (FGL) | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | |