Nonstop flight route between Woodward, Oklahoma, United States and Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR), Woodward, Oklahoma, United States and East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,572 miles (or 7,358 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 West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield 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 West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield 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 West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR):

• 354th Army Air Forces Base Unit
• The closest airport to West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Gage Airport (GAG), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of WWR.
• West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,887 miles (17,522 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In the year ending June 2, 2011 the airport had 6,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 16 per day.
• The airport covers 1,310 acres at an elevation of 2,189 feet.

Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• A major development towards the long-haul programme came in 2005 with the introduction of holiday flights to the Dominican Republic, Orlando, and Cancún by First Choice Airways.
• 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.
• 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.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• With growing passenger and cargo traffic, further expansion was proposed for the airport in 1992.
• It was announced only just over a year later, on 3 May 2012, that Bmibaby would be closed down and cease all operations in September 2012 with a number of services being dropped from June.