Nonstop flight route between Milan, Italy and Valenciennes, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Milan Linate Airport (LIN), Milan, Italy and Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS), Valenciennes, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 431 miles (or 694 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 relatively short distance between Milan Linate Airport and Valenciennes-Denain Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LIN / LIML |
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Location: | Milan, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°26'57"N by 9°16'41"E |
Area Served: | Milan, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | SEA – Aeroporti di Milano |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LIN |
More Information: | LIN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XVS / LFAV |
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Location: | Valenciennes, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°19'32"N by 3°27'39"E |
Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XVS |
More Information: | XVS Maps & Info |
Facts about Milan Linate Airport (LIN):
- Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the 1980s.
- Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo.
- Milan Linate Airport (LIN) has 2 runways.
- The airport was built next to Idroscalo of Milan in the 1930s when Taliedo Airport from the southern border of Milan, and one of the world's first aerodromes and airports, became too small for commercial traffic.
- The furthest airport from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Milan Linate Airport (meaning Milan Linate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of LIN.
- Milan Linate Airport handled 9,229,890 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Milan Linate Airport", another name for LIN is "Aeroporto di Milano-Linate".
Facts about Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS):
- The closest airport to Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) is Lille Airport (LIL), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NW of XVS.
- The furthest airport from Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,987 miles (19,291 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- It was seized by the Germans in late May 1940 during the early part of the Battle of France.
- In addition to being known as "Valenciennes-Denain Airport", another name for XVS is "(Advanced Landing Ground A-83/B-74)".
- Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Valenciennes-Denain Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Valenciennes-Denain 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.
- Denain Airport began as a pre-World War II airport in France, most likely with a grass runway and several support buildings and a hangar.
- After the construction of a military airfield at Denain, the airfield was reactivated by the Luftwaffe, stationing Jagdgeschwader 3, a day fighter-interceptor unit assigned to the "Defense of the Reich" campaign against the American Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacking targets in Occupied Europe and Germany.
- Denain Airport was cleared of German forces by Allied ground forces about 11 September 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
- In French control after the war, the airport sat abandoned for several years.