Nonstop flight route between Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Hudson, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Columbia County Airport (HCC), Hudson, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,387 miles (or 5,452 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 Stansted Airport and Columbia County 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 Stansted Airport and Columbia County 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 Stansted Airport (STN):

• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• After the withdrawal of the Americans on 12 August 1945, Stansted was taken over by the Air Ministry and used by No.
• The station was first allocated to the USAAF Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a heavy bomber airfield.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• The Ministry of Civil Aviation finally took control of Stansted in 1949 and the airport was then used as a base by several UK charter airlines.
• Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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.
• Long haul transatlantic operations made a return to Stansted in June 2010, when Sun Country Airlines announced a seasonal weekly service from Stansted to Minneapolis.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• Stansted's Air traffic control tower was completed in 1996 is amongst the tallest in Britain and was the tallest at the time of its construction.
• In 2008 57 people were arrested after Plane Stupid, the environmental activist group, broke through the barriers and created a 'stockade' on a taxiway which resulted in 52 flights being cancelled.
• The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Columbia County Airport (HCC):

• The closest airport to Columbia County Airport (HCC) is Walter J. Koladza Airport (GBR), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) ESE of HCC.
• The furthest airport from Columbia County Airport (HCC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,687 miles (18,809 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Columbia County Airport (HCC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Columbia County Airport", another name for HCC is "1B1".
• Because of Columbia County Airport's relatively low elevation of 198 feet, planes can take off or land at Columbia County 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.
• Richmor Aviation, a flight school, operates out of Columbia County Airport.