Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Woodward, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR), Woodward, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,277 miles (or 10,101 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 RAF Ascension and West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield, 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 RAF Ascension and West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASI / FHAW |
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Location: | Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°58'9"S by 14°23'38"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from ASI |
More Information: | ASI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WWR / KWWR |
Airport Name: | West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield |
Location: | Woodward, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°26'17"N by 99°31'22"W |
Area Served: | Woodward, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Woodward |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2189 feet (667 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WWR |
More Information: | WWR Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- The NASA Tracking Station at Devil's Ashpit and the Cable & Wireless Earth Station at Donkey Plain were built in the "mid-sixties" for space operations and communications, including the latter's use for transmitting "microwave borne data via the Early Bird Satellite back to the NASA facility at Andover, Maine.
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
- Wideawake Airfield was a US installation built in 1943 by arrangement with the British government.
- Ascension serves as a diversion airport for ETOPS aircraft crossing the Atlantic.
- The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
Facts about West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR):
- The furthest airport from West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,887 miles (17,522 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- 354th Army Air Forces Base Unit
- West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to West Woodward AirportWoodward Army Airfield (WWR) is Gage Airport (GAG), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of WWR.
- In the year ending June 2, 2011 the airport had 6,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 16 per day.
- West Woodward Airport is in Woodward County, Oklahoma, seven miles west of Woodward, which owns it.