Nonstop flight route between Tehachapi, California, United States and Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tehachapi Municipal Airport (TSP), Tehachapi, California, United States and East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,286 miles (or 8,506 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 Tehachapi Municipal Airport and East Midlands 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 Tehachapi Municipal Airport and East Midlands Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tehachapi Municipal Airport (TSP):

• The closest airport to Tehachapi Municipal Airport (TSP) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ESE of TSP.
• The furthest airport from Tehachapi Municipal Airport (TSP) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,413 miles (18,367 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Tehachapi Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,001 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TSP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TSP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Tehachapi Municipal Airport (TSP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• EMA replaced the smaller pre-war grass airfield at Derby Burnaston, and the base's light aircraft later moved to a new site at Derby Egginton Airfield near Hilton.
• The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Ryanair has also expanded its East Midlands base with a series of new routes and frequency increases on existing routes.
• With growing passenger and cargo traffic, further expansion was proposed for the airport in 1992.
• Following increasing overcrowding at the terminal building, the airport facilities have been extended and remodelled.
• Until 1982, when the head office moved to Donington Hall,British Midland had its head office on the airport property.
• The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned in 1946.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
• Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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.
• DHL Aviation opened a new £35m cargo facility on site in 2000, and in the same year a business park was constructed next to the airport.
• By 2006, annual passengers had reached 4.72 million, twelfth highest in the UK.
• East Midlands Airport has established itself as a hub for low fare airlines such as, Jet2.com and Ryanair and tour operarors like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.