Nonstop flight route between Plymouth, United Kingdom and Kron Monjan (Karanomunjan), Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Plymouth City Airport (PLH), Plymouth, United Kingdom and Razer Airport (KUR), Kron Monjan (Karanomunjan), Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,731 miles (or 6,005 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 Plymouth City Airport and Razer 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 Plymouth City Airport and Razer Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Plymouth City Airport (PLH):

• The closest airport to Plymouth City Airport (PLH) is Exeter International Airport (EXT), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NE of PLH.
• An RAF Chinook was forced to make an emergency landing at Plymouth Airport on 25 Nov 2011.
• The airport in its entirety was closed on 23 December 2011 due to the present owners, Sutton Harbour Holdings making a case that the airport was non-viable.
• However, despite many local residents sharing the view that these developments represented the 'beginning of the end' for the airport, in October 2007 Air Southwest announced new routes to Dublin, Cork, Chambéry, Glasgow International Airport and Newcastle Airport.
• Plymouth City Airport handled 157,933 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Plymouth City Airport (PLH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Plymouth City Airport (meaning Plymouth City Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,030 miles (19,361 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Plymouth City Airport's relatively low elevation of 476 feet, planes can take off or land at Plymouth City 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.
• Concern has been expressed about operation of the Devon Air Ambulance with the closure of the airport - for example no night flights are allowed at nearby Derriford Hospital.
• On 24 August 2009, Runway 06/24 was closed.
• Plymouth City Airport (PLH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Razer Airport (KUR):

• Razer Airport (KUR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Razer Airport (KUR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,825 miles (19,031 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Razer Airport's high elevation of 8,269 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KUR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KUR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Razer Airport (KUR) is Chitral Airport (CJL), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) E of KUR.
• In addition to being known as "Razer Airport", another name for KUR is "Razer Airport (Razer)".