Nonstop flight route between Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom and Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sywell Aerodrome (ORM), Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom and Alice Springs Airport (ASP), Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,360 miles (or 15,063 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 Sywell Aerodrome and Alice Springs 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 Sywell Aerodrome and Alice Springs Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORM / EGBK |
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Location: | Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°18'21"N by 0°47'31"W |
Area Served: | Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 424 feet (129 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORM |
More Information: | ORM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASP / YBAS |
Airport Name: | Alice Springs Airport |
Location: | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°48'24"S by 133°54'7"E |
Area Served: | Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
Operator/Owner: | Northern Territory Airports Pty Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1789 feet (545 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ASP |
More Information: | ASP Maps & Info |
Facts about Sywell Aerodrome (ORM):
- The Light Aircraft Association, is the UK's body for amateur aircraft construction, and recreational and sport flying.
- Northampton Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
- The aereodrome also houses the Sywell Aviation Museum dedicated to telling the wartime history of the site and the airmen that used it.
- Sywell Aerodrome is the local aerodrome serving Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden as it is situated midway between these towns.
- The furthest airport from Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,838 miles (19,051 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Sywell Aerodrome", another name for ORM is "Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome".
- A viewing area is provided for aircraft spotters.
- Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) has 4 runways.
- The organizations STARE and CPRE campaigned against this change, arguing that it would lead to more and larger aircraft flying over the area and disturb its "rural tranquility".
- Sywell has three all-grass operational runways and a fourth all-weather concrete runway.
- Because of Sywell Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Sywell Aerodrome 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 Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Milton Keynes Airport (KYN), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) S of ORM.
Facts about Alice Springs Airport (ASP):
- The airport has two runways, the largest of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing.
- On 5 October 1921 the first aircraft landed at the original airport located in the Alice Springs township.
- The furthest airport from Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), which is located 11,336 miles (18,243 kilometers) away in Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
- Alice Springs Airport handled 598,749 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Alice Springs Airport (ASP) is Cowra Airport (CWT), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) E of ASP.
- During 2010–11 a total of 640,519 domestic passengers passed through Alice Springs Airport making it the 18th busiest in Australia.
- Alice Springs Airport (ASP) has 2 runways.
- On 1 April 1989 the Federal Airports Corporation assumed control of the airport.