Nonstop flight route between Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Islip, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Islip, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,387 miles (or 5,450 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 RAF Coningsby and Long Island MacArthur 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 RAF Coningsby and Long Island MacArthur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):

• The furthest airport from RAF Coningsby (QCY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,781 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The BBMF is accessed via a separate side entrance, with a car park, to the west of the airfield.
• Also based at Coningsby is the RAF's Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit, a merger of the Strike/Attack OEU, the Tornado F.3 OEU and the Air-Guided Weapons OEU.
• The base received its first jet aircraft — the English Electric Canberra — in 1953.
• The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
• RAF Coningsby was opened in 1940 as a bomber station.No.

Facts about Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP):

• Long Island MacArthur Airport is a public airport on Long Island, in Ronkonkoma, Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
• Following the September 11, 2001 attacks MacArthur Airport saw a 25 percent drop in passenger traffic but rebounded until 2006 when numbers began to drop again.
• A major proponent of the airport's 2004–2006 expansion projects was Peter J.
• The closest airport to Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ISP.
• Because of Long Island MacArthur Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Island MacArthur 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.
• Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) has 4 runways.
• In 1944 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation built the first hangar at the airport.
• It is also home to Civil Air Patrol's Long Island Group's Suffolk Cadet Sqdn 10.
• Established about midway through the 20th century, by the end of the century MacArthur Airport had been completely transformed.
• The furthest airport from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,783 miles (18,963 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.