Nonstop flight route between Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Wonju, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Wonju Airport (WJU), Wonju, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,452 miles (or 8,774 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Wonju 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Wonju Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• In August 1986, an Air France Concorde charter flight from Paris landed at Leeds Bradford for the first time, and an estimated 60,000 people were there to see it.
• Yeadon was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force and became part of firstly 13 Group, then 12 Group at a later date.
• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford International 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 furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was opened as the "Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome" on 17 October 1931 and was operated by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club on behalf of Leeds and Bradford Corporations.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• In November 2008 the early stages of the airport masterplan were clarified, with in-depth detailed plans for the expansion of the airport terminal being published, at an estimated cost of £28 million.

Facts about Wonju Airport (WJU):

• In addition to being known as "Wonju Airport", other names for WJU include "원주공항 原州空港", "Wonju Gonghang" and "Wŏnju Konghang".
• Because of Wonju Airport's relatively low elevation of 329 feet, planes can take off or land at Wonju 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 Wonju Airport (WJU) is Seoul Air Base (SSN), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) W of WJU.
• Wonju Airport handled 70,943 passengers last year.
• Wonju Airport (WJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wonju Airport (WJU) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Wonju Airport (meaning Wonju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,190 miles (19,618 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.