Nonstop flight route between North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Lydd, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between North Caicos Airport (NCA), North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and Lydd International Airport (LYX), Lydd, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,317 miles (or 6,948 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 North Caicos Airport and Lydd 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 North Caicos Airport and Lydd International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NCA / MBNC |
Airport Name: | North Caicos Airport |
Location: | North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°55'3"N by 71°56'21"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NCA |
More Information: | NCA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYX / EGMD |
Airport Name: | Lydd International Airport |
Location: | Lydd, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°57'21"N by 0°56'21"E |
Area Served: | London, East Sussex and Kent |
Operator/Owner: | London Ashford Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYX |
More Information: | LYX Maps & Info |
Facts about North Caicos Airport (NCA):
- The closest airport to North Caicos Airport (NCA) is Middle Caicos Airport (MDS), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SE of NCA.
- North Caicos Airport (NCA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of North Caicos Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at North Caicos 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 North Caicos Airport (NCA) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to North Caicos Airport (meaning North Caicos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,050 miles (19,393 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Lydd International Airport (LYX):
- On 12 April 2014, Newmarket Holidays, which offers flights to Verona and Naples in Italy, said it would move its Kent departures from Manston to Lydd Airport.
- Because of Lydd International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Lydd 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.
- The closest airport to Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of LYX.
- The furthest airport from Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,928 miles (19,197 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lydd Airport, opened in 1956, was the first airport to be built in the UK following the end of the Second World War.
- Lydd Air is based at the airport, offering regular flights to Le Touquet in northern France.
- Lydd International Airport handled 2,696 passengers last year.
- Lydd International Airport (LYX) currently has only 1 runway.