Nonstop flight route between Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Ithaca, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom and Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH), Ithaca, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,455 miles (or 5,561 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 Ithaca Tompkins Regional 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 Ithaca Tompkins Regional 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):

• In the 1960s the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with its HQ at Farnborough, sited a number of satellite tracking and receiving dish aerials on the south side of Lasham airfield, one enclosed in a large white dome.
• The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
• Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• ATC Lasham has occasionally provided storage for redundant aircraft.
• In 1950 the Army Gliding Club was re-established by Major Tony Deane-Drummond, then an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
• Lasham Airfield is located 3.6 miles north-west of Alton in Hampshire, England, in the village of Lasham.
• The airfield ceased to be an operational Royal Air Force station in 1948, though General Aircraft Ltd continued testing military gliders there.
• 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 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 1999, Lasham Gliding Society completed the purchase from the Ministry of Defence of the freehold to the airfield, making the final payment in 2001.

Facts about Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH):

• Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH) has 2 runways.
• Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is a county owned airport three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and largest city in Tompkins County, New York.
• The furthest airport from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,576 miles (18,630 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH) is Cortland County Airport (CTX), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of ITH.
• Airline traffic peaked in 1990 at 226,813 passengers, but by the end of the decade the small size of the market, proximity to Syracuse Hancock International Airport and other regional airports, and crowded airspace has led Trans World Airlines, United Airlines, and finally Continental Airlines to leave.