Nonstop flight route between San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador and Lydd, England, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
(0°54'37"S by 89°37'3"W)
Arrival Airport:
(50°57'21"N by 0°56'21"E)
Distance from SCY to LYX:
6,291.47 miles (10,125.12 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between San Cristóbal Airport (SCY), San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador and Lydd International Airport (LYX), Lydd, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,291 miles (or 10,125 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 San Cristóbal Airport and Lydd International 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 San Cristóbal Airport and Lydd International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCY / SEST |
| Airport Name: | San Cristóbal Airport |
| Location: | San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
| GPS Coordinates: | 0°54'37"S by 89°37'3"W |
| Area Served: | Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SCY |
| More Information: | SCY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYX / EGMD |
| Airport Name: | Lydd International Airport |
| Location: | Lydd, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°57'21"N by 0°56'21"E |
| Area Served: | London, East Sussex and Kent |
| Operator/Owner: | London Ashford Airport Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LYX |
| More Information: | LYX Maps & Info |
Facts about San Cristóbal Airport (SCY):
- The closest airport to San Cristóbal Airport (SCY) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) NW of SCY.
- Because of San Cristóbal Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at San Cristóbal 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.
- San Cristóbal Airport (SCY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from San Cristóbal Airport (SCY) is Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ), which is located 11,965 miles (19,256 kilometers) away in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Facts about Lydd International Airport (LYX):
- Because of Lydd International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Lydd International 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 Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,928 miles (19,197 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lydd International Airport (LYX) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the 1980s the airport was bought by Hards Travel from Solihull, who used the airport as its base for its holiday operations to Spain, Italy and Austria, using Dart Herald and Viscount aircraft flying to Beauvais in France, where customers were transferred to coaches for the remainder of the journey.
- Lydd Airport, opened in 1956, was the first airport to be built in the UK following the end of the Second World War.
- The closest airport to Lydd International Airport (LYX) is Lympne Airport (LYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of LYX.
- On 12 April 2014, Newmarket Holidays, which offers flights to Verona and Naples in Italy, said it would move its Kent departures from Manston to Lydd Airport.
- Lydd International Airport handled 2,696 passengers last year.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 54.78 miles (88.16 km) NW | Seymour Airport (GPS) | Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |     |
| 2 | 602.62 miles (969.82 km) E | General Ulpiano Paez Airport (SNC) | Salinas, Ecuador | |
| 3 | 617.54 miles (993.83 km) E | Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) | Manta, Manabí, Ecuador | |
| 4 | 630.25 miles (1,014.29 km) ESE | Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) | Talara, Peru | |
| 5 | 631.87 miles (1,016.89 km) E | Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) | Portoviejo, Ecuador | |
| 6 | 663.25 miles (1,067.40 km) ESE | Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP) | Tumbes, Peru | |
| 7 | 677.79 miles (1,090.80 km) E | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) | Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 8 | 687.98 miles (1,107.20 km) ESE | Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) | Piura, Peru | |
| 9 | 687.99 miles (1,107.22 km) ESE | Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) | Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador | |
| 10 | 702.50 miles (1,130.56 km) E | Carlos Concha Torres International Airport (ESM) | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | |
| 11 | 709.46 miles (1,141.76 km) ESE | José María Velasco Ibarra Airport (MRR) | Macará, Ecuador | |
| 12 | 738.60 miles (1,188.66 km) ESE | Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) | Loja, Ecuador | |
| 13 | 746.86 miles (1,201.95 km) E | Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) | Cuenca, Ecuador | |
| 14 | 760.05 miles (1,223.17 km) E | Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX) | Latacunga, Ecuador | |
| 15 | 763.15 miles (1,228.17 km) E | Chachoan Airport (ATF) | Ambato, Ecuador | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,965.31 miles (19,256.26 km) NW | Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ) | Banda Aceh, Indonesia | |
| 2 | 11,930.68 miles (19,200.51 km) W | Binaka Airport (GNS) | Gunungsitoli, Nias Island, Indonesia | |
| 3 | 11,894.41 miles (19,142.16 km) WNW | Malikus Saleh Airport (LSW) | Lhoksumawe, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 4 | 11,843.17 miles (19,059.68 km) NNW | Car Nicobar Air Force Base (CBD) | Car Nicobar, India | |
| 5 | 11,836.03 miles (19,048.19 km) WNW | Polonia International Airport (MES) | Medan, Indonesia | |
| 6 | 11,821.29 miles (19,024.48 km) WNW | Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) | Medan, Indonesia | |
| 7 | 11,810.86 miles (19,007.69 km) W | Aek Godang Airport (AEG) | Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia | |
| 8 | 11,760.07 miles (18,925.95 km) WSW | Rokot Airport (RKI) | Sipura, Indonesia | |
| 9 | 11,742.96 miles (18,898.41 km) W | Minangkabau International Airport (MIA) (PDG) | Ketaping, West Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 10 | 11,706.02 miles (18,838.97 km) ENE | Weerawila Airport (WRZ) | Weerawila, Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | 11,698.26 miles (18,826.48 km) ENE | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) | Hambantota, Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | 11,697.93 miles (18,825.95 km) NW | Phuket International Airport (HKT) | Phuket, Thailand | |
| 13 | 11,691.26 miles (18,815.21 km) WNW | Langkawi International Airport (LGK) | Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia | |
| 14 | 11,690.07 miles (18,813.29 km) WNW | Penang International Airport (PEN) | Penang, Malaysia | |
| 15 | 11,689.09 miles (18,811.72 km) WNW | Sitiawan Airport (SWY) | Perak, Malaysia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 9.40 miles (15.12 km) NNE | Lympne Airport (LYM) | Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 31.98 miles (51.47 km) NNE | Manston Airport (MSE) | Manston, Kent, England, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 33.25 miles (53.51 km) NW | Rochester Airport (RCS) | Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 42.85 miles (68.96 km) SE | Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France | |
| 5 | 43.75 miles (70.40 km) NNW | London Southend Airport (SEN) | Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 44.05 miles (70.90 km) E | Calais–Dunkerque Airport (CQF) | Calais / Dunkerque, France | |
| 7 | 47.06 miles (75.74 km) WNW | London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) | Biggin Hill / London, England, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 50.05 miles (80.54 km) WNW | Redhill Aerodrome (KRH) | Redhill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 50.82 miles (81.78 km) WNW | Gatwick Airport (LGW) | London, England, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 53.87 miles (86.70 km) NW | London City Airport (LCY) | London, England, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 54.52 miles (87.74 km) W | Shoreham Airport (ESH) | Lancing, West Sussex, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 68.51 miles (110.26 km) SE | Aerodrome Abbeville (XAB) | Abbeville, France | |
| 13 | 70.43 miles (113.34 km) E | Dunkerque – Les Moëres Airfield (XDK) | Dunkerque, France | |
| 14 | 70.51 miles (113.47 km) WNW | London Heathrow Airport (LHR) | London, England, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | 70.99 miles (114.25 km) NNW | London Stansted Airport (STN) | Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,928.34 miles (19,196.75 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,835.21 miles (19,046.88 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,822.07 miles (19,025.73 km) SE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,792.92 miles (18,978.81 km) SE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,791.32 miles (18,976.24 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,789.64 miles (18,973.54 km) SE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,788.24 miles (18,971.28 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,782.05 miles (18,961.32 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,772.83 miles (18,946.48 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,753.21 miles (18,914.92 km) SSE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,745.66 miles (18,902.76 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,740.79 miles (18,894.92 km) ESE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,736.31 miles (18,887.72 km) SE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,729.37 miles (18,876.54 km) SE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,710.21 miles (18,845.70 km) SSE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |