Nonstop flight route between Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Doncaster, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), Doncaster, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 142 miles (or 229 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 Lyneham and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYE / EGDL |
Airport Name: | RAF Lyneham |
Location: | Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°30'19"N by 1°59'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 512 feet (156 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYE |
More Information: | LYE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DSA / EGCN |
Airport Name: | Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield |
Location: | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°28'31"N by 1°0'15"W |
Area Served: | Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley (South Yorkshire), Retford, Worksop (Bassetlaw District) |
Operator/Owner: | Peel Airports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 55 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DSA |
More Information: | DSA Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):
- The station closed on 31 December 2012 with the majority of its personnel and other assets having moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- The closest airport to RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
- The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- On 16 October 1946, 511 squadron was formed again as an Avro York operator.
- RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
- A stone memorial commemorating the RAF's use of the station for over 70 years was unveiled on 1 June 2012.
- Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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.
- RAF Lyneham received the first of 25 brand-new Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules on 23 November 1999, to be operated by Nos.
Facts about Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA):
- Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) currently has only 1 runway.
- A Ramada Encore chain hotel opened on 10 November 2008, with a 102 bed capacity.
- Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England.
- Wizz Air announced a new route for summer 2011 to Vilnius and Bucharest for summer 2014 in addition to its services to Gdansk, Katowice, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw.
- Because of Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,785 miles (18,966 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield handled 690,351 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of DSA.
- In early 2014, Linksair began new services to Belfast City and the Isle of Man.
- The airport is located close to the M18 motorway, but currently has no direct link road.