Nonstop flight route between Muang Xay, Laos and Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oudomsay Airport (ODY), Muang Xay, Laos and Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,581 miles (or 8,981 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 Oudomsay Airport and Dundee 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 Oudomsay Airport and Dundee Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oudomsay Airport (ODY):

• The closest airport to Oudomsay Airport (ODY) is Louangnamtha Airport (LXG), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) WNW of ODY.
• In addition to being known as "Oudomsay Airport", another name for ODY is "VL0S".
• Because of Oudomsay Airport's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Oudomsay 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 Oudomsay Airport (ODY) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,987 miles (19,291 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.

Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):

• Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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 grass runway was replaced by a 1,100 m long tarmac runway in the 1970s and extended to the current length of 1,400 m in the 1990s.
• The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 12 February 2007 it was announced that, from September 2007, the City Council would handover the running of the airport to Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
• The closest airport to Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
• On 8 August 2008, HIAL and airport bosses announced that they were considering a direct air link to Amsterdam.
• Dundee Airport is a short taxi ride from the main Dundee bus station.
• Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".