Nonstop flight route between Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF), Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,734 miles (or 7,618 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 London Southend Airport and Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot 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 London Southend Airport and Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London Southend Airport (SEN):

• The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• A four-star Holiday Inn hotel located adjacent to the airport entrance opened on 1 October 2012.
• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Aircraft ground handling at the airport is provided by the airport-owned Southend Handling, who also assist companies, groups or individuals in chartering aircraft to or from the airport.
• The furthest airport from London Southend Airport (SEN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of London Southend Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at London Southend 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.
• Regionair was a small commuter airline based at Southend in the late 1980s and early 1990s that provided services to Rotterdam and Paris using Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante and Jetstream 31 aircraft.
• Southend Airport handles mainly scheduled passenger, charter and business flights, cargo flights, pilot training, and recreational flying.
• East Anglian Flying Services moved to Southend on 5 January 1947, their first scheduled service being a Southend—Rochester feeder service.

Facts about Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF):

• The furthest airport from Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (meaning Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.
• The closest airport to Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF) is Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (INC), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) SE of AXF.
• In addition to being known as "Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport", another name for AXF is "阿拉善左旗巴彦浩特机场".