Nonstop flight route between Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States and Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL), Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States and RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,550 miles (or 7,322 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 Shawnee Regional Airport and RAF Lyneham, 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 Shawnee Regional Airport and RAF Lyneham. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL):

• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
• Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Shawnee Regional Airport covers 520 acres at an elevation of 1,073 feet.
• The furthest airport from Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,825 miles (17,421 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) is Tinker Air Force Base (TIK), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) W of SNL.

Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):

• RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
• A ceremony, attended by the Prime Minister David Cameron, was held at RAF Brize Norton on 31 August 2011 to mark the formal transfer the role of repatriations from RAF Lyneham.
• The station closed on 31 December 2012 with the majority of its personnel and other assets having moved to RAF Brize Norton.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 16 October 1946, 511 squadron was formed again as an Avro York operator.
• Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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 airfield became renowned for being the "gateway" between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan.