Nonstop flight route between Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Samsun, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF), Samsun, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,850 miles (or 2,977 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 London Stansted Airport and Samsun-Çarşamba Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):

• A major expansion programme to the existing terminal took place between 2007 and 2009, adding nearly 5,900 m2 of floorspace to give space for additional baggage carousels, a new immigration and passport control hall and a hypostyle arrivals hall with improved facilities.
• 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.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airfield opened in 1943 and was used during the Second World War as RAF Stansted Mountfitchet by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber airfield and as a major maintenance depot.
• Titan Airways has its head office in the Enterprise House on the airport property.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.

Facts about Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF):

• Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Construction of a taxiway would remove landing delays due to previously landed aircraft taxiing back down the runway.
• The passenger terminal of the airport covers an area of 4,725 m² and has a parking lot for 246 cars.
• In addition to being known as "Samsun-Çarşamba Airport", another name for SZF is "Samsun-Çarşamba Havalimanı".
• The furthest airport from Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,086 miles (17,841 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Samsun-Çarşamba Airport is a public airport in Samsun, Turkey.
• The closest airport to Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF) is Amasya Merzifon Airport (MZH), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) WSW of SZF.