Nonstop flight route between Manston, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Reedsville, Pennsylvania, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manston Airport (MSE), Manston, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Mifflin County Airport (RED), Reedsville, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,673 miles (or 5,911 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 Manston Airport and Mifflin County 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 Manston Airport and Mifflin County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Manston Airport (MSE):

• After an absence of regular charter services, Aspro Holidays operated a series of summer charter services during the 1992–93 summer season with its in-house airline Inter European Airways to Palma and added a service to Heraklion, which was often operated using their larger Boeing 757 airliner.
• The closest airport to Manston Airport (MSE) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SW of MSE.
• After the plan was published, the Ministry of Defence announced its intention to sell off RAF Manston.
• Because of Manston Airport's relatively low elevation of 178 feet, planes can take off or land at Manston 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.
• Manston Airport handled 8,595 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Manston Airport (MSE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,906 miles (19,162 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Newmarket Holidays continues to offer irregular charter flights during the summer months to popular destinations including Verona and Naples in Italy, as well as Porto in Portugal using the Lithuanian charter airline Small Planet Airlines for the summer 2013 season.
• In December 2003 the government issued a White Paper on "The Future of Air Transport", which states that Manston "could play a valuable role in meeting local demand and could contribute to regional economic development." The government would support development in principle, "subject to relevant environmental considerations".
• Rapid development began in 2004 in an attempt to make it a budget airline hub.
• On 19 March 2014, it was announced that a 45-day consultation period into the closure of the airport had begun.
• Manston Airport (MSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport closed on the 15 May 2014 along with the loss of 144 jobs.

Facts about Mifflin County Airport (RED):

• The closest airport to Mifflin County Airport (RED) is University Park Airport (SCE), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of RED.
• In addition to being known as "Mifflin County Airport", another name for RED is "RVL".
• Mifflin County Airport (RED) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Mifflin County Airport's relatively low elevation of 819 feet, planes can take off or land at Mifflin County 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 Mifflin County Airport (RED) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,598 miles (18,664 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.