Nonstop flight route between Richmond, Indiana, United States and Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Richmond Municipal Airport (RID), Richmond, Indiana, United States and Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,703 miles (or 5,960 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 Richmond Municipal Airport and Dundee 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 Richmond Municipal Airport and Dundee Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Richmond Municipal Airport (RID):

• The airport covers 702 acres at an elevation of 1,140 feet.
• The furthest airport from Richmond Municipal Airport (RID) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,266 miles (18,131 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The first airline flights at Richmond were TWA DC-3s in late 1947.
• The closest airport to Richmond Municipal Airport (RID) is Mettel Field (CEV), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WSW of RID.
• Richmond Municipal Airport (RID) has 2 runways.

Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):

• The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• However, on the 22nd of January 2014, HIAL announced that Loganair would take over from City Jet and commence twice-daily flights to Stansted once the London City route was withdrawn in March of the same year.
• The grass runway was replaced by a 1,100 m long tarmac runway in the 1970s and extended to the current length of 1,400 m in the 1990s.
• In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".
• Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
• Dundee Airport is a short taxi ride from the main Dundee bus station.
• On 3 March 2008, Loganair announced that it would recommence the routes which were operated by FlyWhoosh in May 2008 under the new Flybe franchise.
• In December 2013, CityJet announced it would be dropping the last remaining scheduled route from Dundee to London City Airport in March 2014, putting the airport's future in doubt.
• Dundee Airport is the closest commercial airport to Gleneagles Hotel, the host course of the 2014 Ryder Cup.
• The closest airport to Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
• Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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.
• Business Air and later British Midland Regional operated flights from Dundee to Manchester Airport in the 90's, a route that was brought back by Eastern Airways for only a few months, in 2002.
• After the departure of Business Air, the airport was left without any scheduled services for almost a year until April 1999, when ScotAirways introduced flights to London City Airport.
• Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.