Nonstop flight route between Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Tezpur, Assam, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom and Tezpur Airport (TEZ), Tezpur, Assam, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,891 miles (or 7,871 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 Tezpur 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 Tezpur 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):

• The Competition Commission ruled in March 2009 that BAA should sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports within two years.
• 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.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• 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Airlines operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and Chicago, however the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.Continental Airlines also operated services in the late 1990s from Newark, but this service was stopped shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
• Stansted Airport has one main passenger terminal, near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet.
• The airport is owned and operated by the Manchester Airports Group, which also owns and operates three other UK airports.
• 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.
• Satellite Three has no air gates which suits the preference of Stansted's biggest airline Ryanair of boarding and disembarking with steps.
• 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.
• The terminal building was designed by Foster Associates with input from the structural engineer Peter Rice and features a "floating" roof, supported by a space frame of inverted-pyramid roof trusses, creating the impression of a stylised swan in flight.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Tezpur Airport (TEZ):

• Tezpur Airport is located in Tezpur in the state of Assam, India.
• Because of Tezpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 240 feet, planes can take off or land at Tezpur 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.
• Tezpur Airport (TEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tezpur Airport", other names for TEZ include "Tezpur Air Force Station" and "तेजपुर सैनिक हवाईअड्डा".
• The furthest airport from Tezpur Airport (TEZ) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,439 miles (18,409 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• The closest airport to Tezpur Airport (TEZ) is Dimapur Airport (DMU), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) SE of TEZ.