Nonstop flight route between Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada and Lasham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stony Rapids Airport (YSF), Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada and Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,731 miles (or 6,005 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 Stony Rapids Airport and Lasham Airfield, 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 Stony Rapids Airport and Lasham Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stony Rapids Airport (YSF):

• The furthest airport from Stony Rapids Airport (YSF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 9,890 miles (15,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Stony Rapids Airport (YSF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Stony Rapids Airport's relatively low elevation of 801 feet, planes can take off or land at Stony Rapids 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 Stony Rapids Airport (YSF) is Fond-du-Lac Airport (ZFD), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) W of YSF.

Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):

• In the 1960s the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with its HQ at Farnborough, sited a number of satellite tracking and receiving dish aerials on the south side of Lasham airfield, one enclosed in a large white dome.
• Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The club uses two Skylaunch winches, normally delivering launch heights of 1500 ft and over 2000 ft in strong winds.
• In mid-1943, the airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command.
• ATC Lasham has occasionally provided storage for redundant aircraft.
• The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
• The airfield was constructed in 1942.
• Lasham Airfield is located 3.6 miles north-west of Alton in Hampshire, England, in the village of Lasham.
• Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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.
• In 1999, Lasham Gliding Society completed the purchase from the Ministry of Defence of the freehold to the airfield, making the final payment in 2001.
• The furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.