Nonstop flight route between Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,537 miles (or 5,692 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 NAS JRB Willow Grove and London Stansted 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 NAS JRB Willow Grove and London Stansted Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NXX / KNXX |
Airport Name: | NAS JRB Willow Grove |
Location: | Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°11'59"N by 75°8'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 335 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NXX |
More Information: | NXX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | STN / EGSS |
Airport Name: | London Stansted Airport |
Location: | Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°53'5"N by 0°14'6"E |
Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Manchester Airports Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 348 feet (106 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from STN |
More Information: | STN Maps & Info |
Facts about NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX):
- The airfield shut down on March 31, 2011.
- Because of NAS JRB Willow Grove's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS JRB Willow Grove 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 NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) is Wings Field (BBX), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SW of NXX.
- Currently, the 111th Fighter Wing, operating the A-10 Thunderbolt II, has lost all its aircraft to other ANG Squadrons under BRAC.
- The furthest airport from NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,726 miles (18,871 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove or NASJRB Willow Grove was a Naval Air Station owned by the U.S.
- NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):
- London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
- Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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 London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Stansted is a major freight airport, the third busiest in the UK during 2013, behind London Heathrow and East Midlands Airport, handling in excess of 210,000 tonnes per annum, although freight throughput has declined slightly from its 2005 peak level.
- There are several cargo buildings and hangars around the airfield.
- Long haul transatlantic operations made a return to Stansted in June 2010, when Sun Country Airlines announced a seasonal weekly service from Stansted to Minneapolis.
- The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
- The station was first allocated to the USAAF Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a heavy bomber airfield.