Nonstop flight route between Somerset, Kentucky, United States and Atlanta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME), Somerset, Kentucky, United States and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 236 miles (or 380 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 relatively short distance between Lake Cumberland Regional Airport and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME):

• Lake Cumberland Regional Airport covers an area of 288 acres at an elevation of 927 feet above mean sea level.
• Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was renamed in 2008.
• Because of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 927 feet, planes can take off or land at Lake Cumberland 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.
• The closest airport to Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME) is London-Corbin Airport (LOZ), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) E of SME.
• The furthest airport from Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (SME) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,309 miles (18,200 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL):

• In addition to the terminal that will expand international operations at the airport, sections of some midfield taxiways have been widened from 145 feet to 162 feet, and a section of Runway 27R will be widened from 220 feet to 250 feet in order to accommodate Airbus A380 operations at the airport.
• Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has 5 runways.
• Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport handled 95,462,867 passengers last year.
• Hartsfield–Jackson had its beginnings with a five-year, rent-free lease on 287 acres that was the home of an abandoned auto racetrack named The Atlanta Speedway.
• On June 1, 1956 an Eastern flight to Montreal, Canada was the first international flight out of Atlanta.
• The closest airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is Morris Army Airfield (Fort Gillem) (FOP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) E of ATL.
• Restaurant contracts at the airport are worth about $3 billion, and complaints over the contracts fit into a historical pattern of allegations of "cronyism and political influence" at the airport.
• ValuJet was established in 1993 as low-cost competition for Delta at ATL.
• The furthest airport from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,317 miles (18,213 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.