Nonstop flight route between Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu and Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tongoa Airport (TGH), Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu and London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,950 miles (or 16,012 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 Tongoa Airport and London Southend 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 Tongoa Airport and London Southend Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGH / NVST |
Airport Name: | Tongoa Airport |
Location: | Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°53'27"S by 168°33'3"E |
Area Served: | Tongoa, Shefa Province, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from TGH |
More Information: | TGH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SEN / EGMC |
Airport Name: | London Southend Airport |
Location: | Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°34'13"N by 0°41'35"E |
Area Served: | Southend, Essex and east London areas |
Operator/Owner: | Stobart Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 55 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SEN |
More Information: | SEN Maps & Info |
Facts about Tongoa Airport (TGH):
- The furthest airport from Tongoa Airport (TGH) is Kiffa Airport (KFA), which is nearly antipodal to Tongoa Airport (meaning Tongoa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kiffa Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Kiffa, Mauritania.
- The closest airport to Tongoa Airport (TGH) is Siwo Airport (EAE), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SW of TGH.
Facts about London Southend Airport (SEN):
- The furthest airport from London Southend Airport (SEN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- London Southend Airport (SEN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Southend was voted the best airport in Britain by the consumer group Which?
- However in 1939, the Air Ministry requisitioned the airfield and it was known as RAF Rochford during World War II.
- Because of London Southend Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at London Southend 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.
- Southend Airport handles mainly scheduled passenger, charter and business flights, cargo flights, pilot training, and recreational flying.
- British World Airlines was based at Southend, previously they operated as British Air Ferries, and before that, as British United Air Ferries – formed from the merger of Channel Air Bridge and Silver City Airways.
- The airfield was established by the Royal Flying Corps during World War I.
- The closest airport to London Southend Airport (SEN) is Rochester Airport (RCS), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of SEN.
- London Southend Airport handled 969,912 passengers last year.
- Freddie Laker's Air Charter Limited operated flights from Southend from 1949.