Nonstop flight route between Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Tupelo, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom and Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP), Tupelo, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,389 miles (or 7,063 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 Tupelo 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 London Southend Airport and Tupelo 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 London Southend Airport (SEN):

• London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
• Freddie Laker's Air Charter Limited operated flights from Southend from 1949.
• 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 Airport handles mainly scheduled passenger, charter and business flights, cargo flights, pilot training, and recreational flying.
• Construction of the current terminal was completed in February 2012, and hosts two cafés, a bar, duty-free shopping, a W H Smith newsagent, ATMs, a Moneycorp bureau de change, taxi hire, car hire from Europcar and Hertz, and an airport lounge.
• 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 closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
• Southend was voted the best airport in Britain by the consumer group Which?
• London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
• A four-star Holiday Inn hotel located adjacent to the airport entrance opened on 1 October 2012.
• The former terminal now houses facilities for business passengers flying executive aircraft, with lounges and conference rooms, plus flight briefing facilities for pilots and a security checkpoint.
• In 1967 the first steps to establish an aviation museum at the airport were taken, resulting in the official opening 26 May 1972 of the Southend Historic Aircraft Museum on the western boundary of the airport.
• 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 Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP):

• The closest airport to Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) is University-Oxford Airport (UOX), which is located 44 miles (72 kilometers) W of TUP.
• Because of Tupelo Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 346 feet, planes can take off or land at Tupelo Regional 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.
• Tupelo Regional Airport covers an area of 1,061 acres at an elevation of 346 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,074 miles (17,822 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) currently has only 1 runway.