Nonstop flight route between Sassandra, Côte d'Ivoire and Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sassandra Airport (ZSS), Sassandra, Côte d'Ivoire and Lympne Airport (LYM), Lympne, Kent, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,216 miles (or 5,175 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 Sassandra Airport and Lympne 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 Sassandra Airport and Lympne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sassandra Airport (ZSS):

• Because of Sassandra Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Sassandra 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.
• Sassandra Airport (ZSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sassandra Airport (ZSS) is Divo Airport (DIV), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) NE of ZSS.
• The furthest airport from Sassandra Airport (ZSS) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Sassandra Airport (meaning Sassandra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,179 miles (19,600 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Lympne Airport (LYM):

• A Junkers F.13 called at Lympne on 10 January 1923 to clear customs and then flew to Croydon where it was inspected by Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare.
• In January 1925, notification that red edge lights had been installed along the runways and taxiways at Lympne was made.
• Work began on creating a landing ground at Folks Wood, Lympne, in the autumn of 1915.
• On 1 December 1946, Group Captain A.
• Lympne Airport (LYM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Lympne Airport", another name for LYM is "Ashford Airport".
• Because of Lympne Airport's relatively low elevation of 351 feet, planes can take off or land at Lympne 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.
• In January 1934, a new radio, telegraph and telephone link was installed at Lympne and St Inglevert which came into operation on 26 January.
• The closest airport to Lympne Airport (LYM) is Lydd International Airport (LYX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSW of LYM.
• Lympne Airport /ˈlɪm/, was a military and later civil airfield, at Lympne, Kent, United Kingdom, which operated from 1916 to 1984.
• The furthest airport from Lympne Airport (LYM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,184 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.