Nonstop flight route between Malange, Angola and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malanje Airport (MEG), Malange, Angola and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,337 miles (or 6,979 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 Malanje Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Malanje Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Malanje Airport (MEG):

• The furthest airport from Malanje Airport (MEG) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,803 miles (18,994 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
• Malanje Airport (MEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Malanje Airport (MEG) is Cuango-Luzamba Airport (LZM), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ENE of MEG.
• In addition to being known as "Malanje Airport", other names for MEG include "Malanje Airport (Malanje)" and "Malange Airport".

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• Following Louis Blériot's first flight across the English Channel in 1909, the British Army considered the necessity of defending the United Kingdom from a future air attack.
• Attention was high again in 2001 when Ronnie Biggs, the seriously ill, fugitive Great Train Robber, was flown from Brazil to the airfield to be arrested by waiting police officers.
• The outbreak of the First World War necessitated a new aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps.
• On 15 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain, No. 1 Squadron RCAF, No. 229 Squadron, No.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• Group Captain Tom Barrett, appointed station commander in September 2009 and the final station commander of neighbouring RAF Uxbridge, died on 10 March 2011 following a road traffic accident on the A40.Wing Commander Jules Stilwell paid tribute to Group Captain Barrett, saying, "Tom was an extraordinary person.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• Squadrons based at RAF Northolt during the battle shot down a total of 148 Luftwaffe aircraft and damaged 52.
• RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
• On 1 June 1960, an Avro Anson aircraft suffered engine failure soon after take-off from Northolt and crash-landed on top of the nearby Express Dairies plant in South Ruislip.