Nonstop flight route between Teesside, England, United Kingdom and Andros Island, Bahamas:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME), Teesside, England, United Kingdom and Andros Town Airport (ASD), Andros Island, Bahamas would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,306 miles (or 6,930 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 Durham Tees Valley Airport and Andros Town 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 Durham Tees Valley Airport and Andros Town Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME):

• The furthest airport from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,741 miles (18,895 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• A new station could be built closer to the terminal, as part of the Tees Valley Metro project.
• Arriva North East presently operates services 12 and 20.
• Because of Durham Tees Valley Airport's relatively low elevation of 120 feet, planes can take off or land at Durham Tees Valley 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.
• Shortly afterwards, a new access road, terminal front and terminal interior were completed, but the remainder of a planned £56 million expansion and development programme which would have enabled the airport to handle up to 3 million passengers annually never materialised due to the above mentioned decrease in passenger numbers.
• Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) currently has only 1 runway.
• Durham Tees Valley Airport handled 161,092 passengers last year.
• On 11 January 2011, Ryanair left the airport after ending service to Alicante Airport, the airline had previously served Dublin Airport, Girona Airport and Rome Ciampino Airport, they left the airport due to the Passenger Facility Fee.
• The closest airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) is Newcastle Airport (NCL), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNW of MME.
• The former RAF Station and airfield was purchased by the former Cleveland County Council, which saw the potential of the airfield as a commercial one, and developed it into a civil airport.

Facts about Andros Town Airport (ASD):

• The furthest airport from Andros Town Airport (ASD) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,722 miles (18,864 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Andros Town Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Andros Town 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 Andros Town Airport (ASD) is Clarence A. Bain Airport (MAY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of ASD.
• In addition to being known as "Andros Town Airport", another name for ASD is "Fresh Creek Airport".
• Andros Town Airport (ASD) currently has only 1 runway.