Nonstop flight route between Mwanza, Tanzania and Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mwanza Airport (MWZ), Mwanza, Tanzania and London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,183 miles (or 6,732 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 Mwanza Airport and London Southend 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 Mwanza Airport and London Southend Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mwanza Airport (MWZ):

• Mwanza Airport (MWZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mwanza Airport (MWZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,726 miles (18,871 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Mwanza Airport handled 224,207 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Mwanza Airport (MWZ) is Musoma Airport (MUZ), which is located 89 miles (142 kilometers) NE of MWZ.
• In addition to being known as "Mwanza Airport", another name for MWZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwanza  (Swahili)".

Facts about London Southend Airport (SEN):

• East Anglian Flying Services moved to Southend on 5 January 1947, their first scheduled service being a Southend—Rochester feeder service.
• The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• Because of London Southend Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at London Southend 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.
• Southend Airport handles mainly scheduled passenger, charter and business flights, cargo flights, pilot training, and recreational flying.
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Construction of the current terminal was completed in February 2012, and hosts two cafés, a bar, duty-free shopping, a W H Smith newsagent, ATMs, a Moneycorp bureau de change, taxi hire, car hire from Europcar and Hertz, and an airport lounge.
• The airport was officially opened as a municipal airport on 18 September 1935 by the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, who arrived in his de Havilland Leopard Moth.
• The furthest airport from London Southend Airport (SEN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• National Commuter Airways operated passenger services during the 1980s, to Brussels and Jersey from Southend.