Nonstop flight route between Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Oum Hadjer, Chad:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM), Oum Hadjer, Chad would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,003 miles (or 4,833 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 Sheffield City Heliport and Oum-Hadjer 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 Sheffield City Heliport and Oum-Hadjer Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):

• Passenger figures ranged from 46,000 in 1998, 75,000 in 1999, 60,000 in 2000, 33,000 in 2001 and 13,000 in the airports final year of operation.
• The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The airport was built, after a consultants report, on a short-runway STOLPORT model similar to London City Airport.
• The airport was built as part of a plan by the Sheffield Development Corporation to regenerate a very rundown old industrial area and to reclaim the land, which had previously been mined and was the site of derelict steelworks and waste tips.
• There has been a degree of controversy over whether there was any incentive for Peel to promote the airport.
• Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The runway, as a part of the 80 acres, has been sold and will be developed into the Blue Skies Business Park.
• Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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 closest airport to Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.

Facts about Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM):

• Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Oum-Hadjer Airport", another name for OUM is "Oum-Hadjer Airport (Oum-Hadjer)".
• The furthest airport from Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Oum-Hadjer Airport (meaning Oum-Hadjer Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) is Abéché Airport (AEH), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ENE of OUM.