Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Essaouira, Morocco:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU), Essaouira, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,470 miles (or 2,366 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 RAF Northolt and Essaouira-Mogador Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NHT / EGWU |
Airport Name: | RAF Northolt |
Location: | Ruislip, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°33'11"N by 0°25'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from NHT |
More Information: | NHT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ESU / GMMI |
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Location: | Essaouira, Morocco |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°23'51"N by 9°40'54"W |
Area Served: | Essaouira, Morocco |
Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 384 feet (117 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ESU |
More Information: | ESU Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):
- Since 1 June 1998, station commanders have served as aides-de-camp to Her Majesty the Queen.
- The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
- In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
- RAF Northolt became home to Prime Minister Winston Churchill's personal aircraft, a modified Douglas C-54 Skymaster, in June 1944.
- In August 1996, a Spanish Learjet operated by Mar Aviation overshot runway 25 and collided with a van heading eastward on the A40 Western Avenue.
- Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.
Facts about Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU):
- The furthest airport from Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Essaouira-Mogador Airport (meaning Essaouira-Mogador Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Essaouira-Mogador Airport", another name for ESU is "مطار الصويرة موكادور".
- Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Agadir – Al Massira Airport (AGA), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) SSE of ESU.
- Because of Essaouira-Mogador Airport's relatively low elevation of 384 feet, planes can take off or land at Essaouira-Mogador 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.