Nonstop flight route between Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Kasama, Zambia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Kasama Airport (KAA), Kasama, Zambia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,668 miles (or 7,512 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 Kasama 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 Kasama 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):

• 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.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• There are several cargo buildings and hangars around the airfield.
• 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.
• Long-haul scheduled services commenced in the early 1990s when American Airlines operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and Chicago, however the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.Continental Airlines also operated services in the late 1990s from Newark, but this service was stopped shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
• 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 (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The station was first allocated to the USAAF Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a heavy bomber airfield.
• 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.
• 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 Kasama Airport (KAA):

• The furthest airport from Kasama Airport (KAA) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,662 miles (18,767 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Kasama Airport (KAA) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) N of KAA.
• Because of Kasama Airport's high elevation of 4,542 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KAA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KAA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kasama Airport (KAA) has 2 runways.