Actions31
- Airport Search by Coordinates
- Airport Search by Name/Code
- Airport Search From Place
- Airports Within Range (Coords)
- Driving Distance Between Coords
- Driving Distance Between Places
- Features Within Range (Coords)
- Fixes Within Range (Coords)
- Flight Distance Between Coords
- Flight Distance Between Places
- Flight Route Calculations
- Geocode Search
- Get Current Time at Coords
- Get Current Time at Place
- Get Later Time at Coords
- Get Later Time at Place
- Get METARs (ICAO List)
- Get TAFs (ICAO List)
- Google Nearest Places Search
- Google Place Details
- Help
- METARs for Coords Within Range
- METARs for Place Within Range
- Nav Bearing From Coords
- Nav Bearing From Place
- Nav Bounding Box
- Navaids Within Range (Coords)
- Nearest METAR for Coords
- Nearest METAR for Place
- Obstacles Within Range (Coords)
- Sun Calculations
Flight Distance Between Places
AI-generatedSummary
Calculates the great-circle or rhumbline distance and track between two locations specified by place names or coordinates.
Inputs
- doGreatCircle — Whether to compute great-circle arclength (true) or rhumbline (false). Defaults to true.
- doMagnetic — Whether to use magnetic bearing (accounts for magnetic variation). Defaults to false.
- search_address1 (required) — Start location — any airport, ICAO code, address or postcode.
- search_address2 (required) — End location — any airport, ICAO code, address or postcode.
Output shape
A single record containing distance and bearing information.
Returned as a JSON object; the API endpoint
flight_nav_distance_between_placesis called to perform the calculation.
Examples
Example 1: Calculate the great-circle distance between London (LHR) and New York (JFK).
Set doGreatCircle to true, search_address1 to 'LHR', search_address2 to 'JFK'.
Example 2: Calculate the rhumbline distance between two cities using magnetic bearing correction.
Set doGreatCircle to false, doMagnetic to true, and provide start and end place names.