Nonstop flight route between Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran and Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mashhad International Airport (MHD), Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran and Shoreham Airport (ESH), Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,073 miles (or 4,946 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 Mashhad International Airport and Shoreham 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 Mashhad International Airport and Shoreham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mashhad International Airport (MHD):

• The furthest airport from Mashhad International Airport (MHD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,540 miles (18,572 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Mashhad International Airport handled 7,321,371 passengers last year.
• Mashhad International Airport (MHD) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Mashhad International Airport (MHD) is Ashgabat International Airport (ASB), which is located 140 miles (225 kilometers) NNW of MHD.
• In addition to being known as "Mashhad International Airport", another name for MHD is "Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport".

Facts about Shoreham Airport (ESH):

• Once every year in the late summer, the airport is host to the Royal Air Forces Association Shoreham Airshow.
• There is one terminal building at Shoreham, with a central reception and information desk, together with flight indicator boards announcing all arrivals and departures.
• Shoreham Airport handled 1,500 passengers last year.
• Shoreham Airport (ESH) has 4 runways.
• The first aviator to fly there was Harold Piffard in 1910.
• The closest airport to Shoreham Airport (ESH) is Chichester/Goodwood Airport (QUG), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) W of ESH.
• Because of Shoreham Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Shoreham 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 Shoreham Airport (ESH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Shoreham Airport's aircraft fuelling service is operated as a department of the Rescue and Firefighting Service.
• In addition to being known as "Shoreham Airport", another name for ESH is "Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport".
• Beagle Aircraft Ltd was formed at Shoreham on 7 October 1960 and design drawings were begun a few weeks later for a new prototype twin-engine light transport aircraft.