Nonstop flight route between Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Huntsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV), Huntsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,810 miles (or 7,740 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 Bruce Brothers Huntsville 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 Stansted Airport and Bruce Brothers Huntsville 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 Stansted Airport (STN):

• 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.
• From 1997 to 2007 Stansted saw rapid expansion of passenger numbers on the back of the boom in low cost air travel, peaking at 24 million passengers in the 12 months to October 2007, but passenger numbers declined for the subsequent five years to 2012.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• There are several cargo buildings and hangars around the airfield.
• Since 1984 the airport's capacity had been limited to a maximum throughput of 25 million passengers per annum in accordance with recommendations made by the 1984 public inquiry and confirmed by the government of the day.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The Competition Commission ruled in March 2009 that BAA should sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports within two years.
• Stansted is a major freight airport, the third busiest in the UK during 2013, behind London Heathrow and East Midlands Airport, handling in excess of 210,000 tonnes per annum, although freight throughput has declined slightly from its 2005 peak level.
• After the withdrawal of the Americans on 12 August 1945, Stansted was taken over by the Air Ministry and used by No.

Facts about Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV):

• The closest airport to Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of HTV.
• In addition to being known as "Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport", other names for HTV include "Huntsville Municipal Airport" and "UTS".
• The airport covers an area of 180 acres at an elevation of 363 feet above mean sea level.
• Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 363 feet, planes can take off or land at Bruce Brothers Huntsville 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 furthest airport from Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,929 miles (17,589 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.