Nonstop flight route between Teesside, England, United Kingdom and Seattle, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME), Teesside, England, United Kingdom and Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE), Seattle, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,587 miles (or 7,382 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 Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base, 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 Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base. 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 closest airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) is Newcastle Airport (NCL), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNW of MME.
• Cobham Flight Inspection is a Durham Tees Valley based Cobham subsidiary who own a single Beech B200 Super King Air, two Beech B350 Super King Air & a single Diamond DA42 Twin Star.
• 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.
• 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.
• Passenger numbers peaked in 2006 when the airport was used by 917,963 passengers, but declined to 166,251 in 2012, the lowest level seen at the airport since 1972.
• 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.
• Arriva North East presently operates services 12 and 20.
• Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• Durham Tees Valley Airport handled 161,092 passengers last year.

Facts about Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE):

• Because of Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base 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 Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE) is King County International Airport (BFI), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SSE of LKE.
• Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (LKE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,770 miles (17,332 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base", other names for LKE include "Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base" and "W55".