Nonstop flight route between Knoxville, Tennessee, United States and Chester, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), Knoxville, Tennessee, United States and Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG), Chester, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,940 miles (or 6,341 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 McGhee Tyson Airport and Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden 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 McGhee Tyson Airport and Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS):

• The closest airport to McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) E of TYS.
• McGhee Tyson Airport handled 1,688,882 passengers last year.
• The development of TYS helped the City of Alcoa diversify its economy and gain its economic independence from what is today Alcoa Inc., the world's third largest producer of aluminum.
• The airport is the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard.
• The MKAA, which has been in place since 1978, is a component unit of the City of Knoxville and is governed by a nine-member board of commissioners.
• In addition to being known as "McGhee Tyson Airport", another name for TYS is "McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base".
• Because of McGhee Tyson Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at McGhee Tyson 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.
• The furthest airport from McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,348 miles (18,263 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) has 2 runways.
• In 2000 the last major project, improvements to the passenger terminal, was finished at a cost of $70 million.

Facts about Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG):

• The closest airport to Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of CEG.
• The company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the 1960s and the production of the Hawker Siddeley HS125 business jet, designed by de Havilland as the DH.125, became the main aircraft type produced by the factory for nearly forty years.
• The furthest airport from Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,850 miles (19,071 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• As of September 2013 Aviation Park Group has almost completed a small passenger terminal at the airport.
• Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden 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.