Nonstop flight route between Worcester, Massachusetts, United States and Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Worcester Regional Airport (ORH), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States and London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,340 miles (or 5,375 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 Worcester Regional 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 Worcester Regional 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 Worcester Regional Airport (ORH):

• On April 3, 2013, it was announced that JetBlue will offer daily flights to Orlando, Florida and Ft.
• The closest airport to Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) is Ware Airport (UWA), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) W of ORH.
• WBZ-TV operates a Doppler weather radar station at the airport.
• The furthest airport from Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,748 miles (18,906 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• As air travel became more popular throughout the country and Central Massachusetts, the question of airport expansion became the subject of a second study commissioned by the Worcester city government.
• The airport passenger terminal has four jetway gates and two ramp level gates for regional carriers.
• Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) has 2 runways.
• On September 4, 2008, Direct Air announced they would begin service to Worcester beginning in November 2008, with flights from Orlando, FL and Fort Myers/Punta Gorda, FL.

Facts about London Southend Airport (SEN):

• The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• The airfield was established by the Royal Flying Corps during World War I.
• The airport is served by buses operated by Arriva Southend from the airport entrance to Southend, Rochford, Ashingdon, Hawkwell, Hockley, Eastwood and Rayleigh.
• The airport is located between Rochford and Southend town centres, 1.5 NM north of Southend, in the county of Essex, 36 miles to the east of central London.
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first seafront Airshow took place on 26 May 1986, and was the first of 27 successive annual displays, the last being in 2012.
• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• East Anglian Flying Services moved to Southend on 5 January 1947, their first scheduled service being a Southend—Rochester feeder service.
• Heavy maintenance services and hangars for aircraft up to Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 size are available.
• Aircraft ground handling at the airport is provided by the airport-owned Southend Handling, who also assist companies, groups or individuals in chartering aircraft to or from the airport.
• A frequent rail service to London Liverpool Street, with a journey time of about 53 minutes, runs via Stratford from Southend Airport railway station located about 200 m from the main terminal.
• The former terminal now houses facilities for business passengers flying executive aircraft, with lounges and conference rooms, plus flight briefing facilities for pilots and a security checkpoint.
• During the 1960s, Southend was the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 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.