Nonstop flight route between Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom and Kulik Lake, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sywell Aerodrome (ORM), Northampton / Peterborough, United Kingdom and Kulik Lake Airport (LKK), Kulik Lake, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,615 miles (or 7,426 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 Kulik Lake 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 Kulik Lake Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sywell Aerodrome (ORM):

• 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 aereodrome also houses the Sywell Aviation Museum dedicated to telling the wartime history of the site and the airmen that used it.
• In addition to being known as "Sywell Aerodrome", another name for ORM is "Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome".
• Brooklands Flying Club was the first UK flight school to operate an online booking system.
• Sywell has three all-grass operational runways and a fourth all-weather concrete runway.
• The closest airport to Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is Milton Keynes Airport (KYN), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) S of ORM.
• 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.
• An industrial area in the complex accommodates firms, agencies and other commercial businesses.
• The aerodrome opened in 1928 and during the Second World War the aerodrome as RAF Sywell, was used as a training facility and later an important centre for the repair of Wellington bombers and extensive sheds from this time still remain on the site.
• Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) has 4 runways.

Facts about Kulik Lake Airport (LKK):

• Because of Kulik Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 717 feet, planes can take off or land at Kulik Lake 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 Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) is Big Mountain Air Force Station (BMX), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) N of LKK.
• The furthest airport from Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,709 miles (17,235 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) has 2 runways.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Kulik Lake Airport had 1,842 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, an increase of 21% from the 1,518 enplanements in 2007.