Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,227 miles (or 6,803 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 Edmonton International Airport and London Stansted 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 Edmonton International Airport and London Stansted Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edmonton International Airport (YEG):

• The furthest airport from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• EIA has a wide catchment range encompassing Central and Northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, and Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
• Edmonton International Airport provides scheduled non-stop flights to 59 destinations.
• The SkyShuttle services the airport and selected stops in the city of Edmonton typically adjacent to major hotels.
• EIA offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.
• In 1998, the airport underwent a $282 million "1998–2005 Redevelopment Project".
• The closest airport to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is CFB Edmonton (YED), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) N of YEG.
• Edmonton Transit System provides express service between the Edmonton International Airport and the Century Park LRT Station, facilitating connections to the region's wider transit system.
• Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways.
• By the time the expansion project was completed in 2005, continued passenger growth triggered planning for another expansion.
• Edmonton International Airport handled 6,983,229 passengers last year.

Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):

• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• The terminal building was designed by Foster Associates with input from the structural engineer Peter Rice and features a "floating" roof, supported by a space frame of inverted-pyramid roof trusses, creating the impression of a stylised swan in flight.
• Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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 closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Stansted's Air traffic control tower was completed in 1996 is amongst the tallest in Britain and was the tallest at the time of its construction.
• In 1988, over 1.1 million passengers passed through Stansted, the first time annual passenger numbers had exceeded 1 million at the airport.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Long-haul services to the USA returned in late 2005, when Eos Airlines and MAXjet Airways commenced all-business-class services from Stansted to New York-JFK Airport.