Nonstop flight route between Mongo, Chad and Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mongo Airport (MVO), Mongo, Chad and Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,089 miles (or 4,971 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 Mongo Airport and Leeds Bradford International 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 Mongo Airport and Leeds Bradford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mongo Airport (MVO):

• Mongo Airport (MVO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mongo Airport", another name for MVO is "Mongo Airport (Mongo)".
• The furthest airport from Mongo Airport (MVO) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Mongo Airport (meaning Mongo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,311 miles (19,813 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Mongo Airport (MVO) is Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) SE of MVO.

Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford International 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.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 16 June 2011, Ryanair announced that they would start two new routes to Eastern Europe, meeting the pledge they made two years previously.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2013, BMI Regional ceased all flights from Leeds/Bradford, it is said the airport are looking for a replacement airline to operate the Brussels route.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• In 2006 Isle of Man based airline Manx2 re-opened the airport's oldest air route, to the Isle of Man.
• On 4 November 1984, the day the runway extension was officially opened, Wardair commenced transatlantic flights from Leeds Bradford to Toronto, using Boeing 747s, though these flights were later discontinued.
• Bridgepoint Capital and Leeds City Council hope that by redeveloping the airport, it will attract even more companies, jobs and people to the area which already has a population of 2.9 million.
• The airport lost its direct link with London in March 2009 when BMI ceased its route to London Heathrow.