Nonstop flight route between Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ), Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,817 miles (or 6,143 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 Basango Mboliasa 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 Basango Mboliasa 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 airport is located between Rochford and Southend town centres, 1.5 NM north of Southend, in the county of Essex, 36 miles to the east of central London.
• The airport is served by buses operated by Arriva Southend from the airport entrance to Southend, Rochford, Ashingdon, Hawkwell, Hockley, Eastwood and Rayleigh.
• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Southend was voted the best airport in Britain by the consumer group Which?
• The airport was officially opened as a municipal airport on 18 September 1935 by the Under-Secretary of State for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, who arrived in his de Havilland Leopard Moth.
• The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• 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.
• However in 1939, the Air Ministry requisitioned the airfield and it was known as RAF Rochford during World War II.
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ):

• The furthest airport from Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Basango Mboliasa Airport (meaning Basango Mboliasa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,182 miles (19,605 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ) is Inongo Airport (INO), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) SW of KRZ.