Nonstop flight route between Oroville, California, United States and Lasham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE), Oroville, California, United States and Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,221 miles (or 8,402 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 Oroville Municipal Airport and Lasham Airfield, 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 Oroville Municipal Airport and Lasham Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE):

• In addition to being known as "Oroville Municipal Airport", another name for OVE is "Oroville Army Airfield".
• Because of Oroville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Oroville Municipal 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.
• In 1936, the City of Oroville acquired 188 acres of grazing land for use as a municipal airport.
• Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) is Chico Municipal Airport (CIC), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NNW of OVE.
• The furthest airport from Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,238 miles (18,086 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):

• Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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.
• Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 212 gliders are based at Lasham which are used by 666 members, plus social members.
• The airfield ceased to be an operational Royal Air Force station in 1948, though General Aircraft Ltd continued testing military gliders there.
• The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
• Maps of the area before and after the airfield was constructed are displayed in the main corridor of the clubhouse of Lasham Gliding Society on the North side of the airfield off Avenue Road.
• The furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In 1954 Dan-Air established a subsidiary, Dan-Air Engineering, at Lasham Airfield to service its own fleet and aircraft belonging to other operators.
• It was built in 1942 and was a RAF Station during the Second World War, many significant operations being flown from it.