Nonstop flight route between Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from LOP to WXF:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LOP Airport Information
- WXF Airport Information
- Facts about LOP
- Facts about WXF
- Map of Nearest Airports to LOP
- List of Nearest Airports to LOP
- Map of Furthest Airports from LOP
- List of Furthest Airports from LOP
- Map of Nearest Airports to WXF
- List of Nearest Airports to WXF
- Map of Furthest Airports from WXF
- List of Furthest Airports from WXF
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,781 miles (or 12,523 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 Lombok International Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, 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 Lombok International Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LOP / WADL |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°45'29"S by 116°16'35"E |
Area Served: | Mataram |
Operator/Owner: | PT Angkasa Pura I |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 319 feet (97 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LOP |
More Information: | LOP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WXF / EGVT |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Braintree, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°58'26"N by 0°30'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military airfield, private airfield |
Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from WXF |
More Information: | WXF Maps & Info |
Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):
- Because of Lombok International Airport's relatively low elevation of 319 feet, planes can take off or land at Lombok 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.
- As Selaparang Airport never accommodated wide bodied aircraft it is expected that further international and domestic services will soon supplement the existing routes providing higher passenger loads and freight volumes to those of the existing airport at Ampenan.
- The furthest airport from Lombok International Airport (LOP) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is nearly antipodal to Lombok International Airport (meaning Lombok International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Tomé Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in San Tomé, Venezuela.
- The Indonesian government is actively promoting both Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa as Indonesia's number two tourism destination after Bali.
- When the airport services were moved across from the previous facilities at Selaparang the Airport Taksi Koperasi moved operations to BIL.
- The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
- Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.
- Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):
- In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
- Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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 August 1976 the 66th CSS became Detachment 1, 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, based at RAF Alconbury.
- In April 1991, the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police assumed responsibility for the site.
- The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
- During the late 1940s the base was used as a winter camping ground for Chipperfield's Circus.
- Starting in July 1966, bases in Turkey, Spain, and Italy were transferred from Tactical Air Command to USAFE.
- The furthest airport from MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.