Nonstop flight route between Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Greenville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Majors Airport (GVT), Greenville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,679 miles (or 7,530 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 Lasham Airfield and Majors 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 Lasham Airfield and Majors Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lasham Airfield (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 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.
• 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.
• The club uses two Skylaunch winches, normally delivering launch heights of 1500 ft and over 2000 ft in strong winds.
• Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• ATC Lasham has occasionally provided storage for redundant aircraft.
• Lasham Gliding Society was established in 1958 to unify operations of the gliding clubs that had been operating since 1951.

Facts about Majors Airport (GVT):

• Majors Airport, named for Lieutenant Truett Majors, the first Hunt County native to perish in World War II, began operations on June 26, 1942, as a training center for the United States Army Air Forces.
• Majors AAF was inactivated on 18 July 1945 after the defeat of Germany.
• The closest airport to Majors Airport (GVT) is Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) ENE of GVT.
• Majors Airport (GVT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Majors Airport", another name for GVT is "Majors Army Airfield".
• Because of Majors Airport's relatively low elevation of 535 feet, planes can take off or land at Majors 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 furthest airport from Majors Airport (GVT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,871 miles (17,496 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to training United States Army pilots, the airfield was the training site for Escuadrón 201 of the Mexican Air Force.
• On 5 March 2014 a regional American Eagle jet heading from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport made an emergency landing after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
• Majors Army Airfield was assigned initially to the Gulf Coast Training Center, the airport was at one point the home to approximately 5,000 pilots, support personnel, and civilian employees.