Nonstop flight route between Ngoma, Zambia and Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ngoma Airport (ZGM), Ngoma, Zambia and East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,024 miles (or 8,085 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 Ngoma 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 Ngoma 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 Ngoma Airport (ZGM):

• The closest airport to Ngoma Airport (ZGM) is Kaoma Airport (KMZ), which is located 110 miles (177 kilometers) NW of ZGM.
• The furthest airport from Ngoma Airport (ZGM) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Ngoma Airport (meaning Ngoma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,169 miles (19,585 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Ngoma Airport (ZGM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The arrival of low-cost carriers in 2002 resulted in a sharp jump in passenger numbers, rising 36% in that year to 3.23 million.
• Expansion was swift, with a further runway extension to 2,283 m and terminal upgrade in the late 1970s.
• 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.
• The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned in 1946.
• 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.
• By 2006, annual passengers had reached 4.72 million, twelfth highest in the UK.
• Following increasing overcrowding at the terminal building, the airport facilities have been extended and remodelled.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.