Nonstop flight route between Seville, Spain and Detroit, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seville Airport (SVQ), Seville, Spain and Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,986 miles (or 6,416 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 Seville Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP), 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 Seville Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Seville Airport (SVQ):

• In 1919 the first commercial flights were operated between Seville and Madrid.
• Seville Airport handled 428,748 passengers last year.
• In September 1945, works began on the Seville transoceanic airport, with the construction of runways 05/23, 02/20 and 09/27.
• In addition to being known as "Seville Airport", another name for SVQ is "Aeropuerto de Sevilla".
• The closest airport to Seville Airport (SVQ) is Jerez Airport (XRY), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) S of SVQ.
• The furthest airport from Seville Airport (SVQ) is Auckland Airport (AKL), which is nearly antipodal to Seville Airport (meaning Seville Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Auckland Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Mangere, New Zealand.
• Because of Seville Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Seville 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.
• Urban Transport Line of Seville Airport Airport Express connects the bus station Plaza de Armas, in the center of the city with the airport.
• Seville Airport (SVQ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• By fall 1944 Willow Run had moved from the B-24L to the B-24M, the last Liberator to be built in significant numbers.
• Willow Run Airport was named for a small stream that meandered through pastureland and woods until the late-1930s.
• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Willow Run bomber plant had many problems at startup, due in part to the mindsets and technical skills of both management and labor, who were each accustomed to the requirements of auto production, finding it difficult at first to adapt to the higher precision required in aircraft production.
• The RFC sold the airport to the University of Michigan in 1947 for $1.00.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.