Nonstop flight route between Binghamton, New York, United States and Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM), Binghamton, New York, United States and RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,194 miles (or 8,359 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 Greater Binghamton Airport and RAF Ascension, 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 Greater Binghamton Airport and RAF Ascension. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGM / KBGM |
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Location: | Binghamton, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°12'30"N by 75°58'46"W |
Area Served: | Binghamton, New York |
Operator/Owner: | Broome County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1636 feet (499 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BGM |
More Information: | BGM Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM):
- Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) has 2 runways.
- In the 1950s Mohawk, TWA and Colonial-then-Eastern stopped at BGM.
- In addition to being known as "Greater Binghamton Airport", another name for BGM is "Edwin A. Link Field".
- Ultimately, the airport was a hub for a commuter airline, Brockway Air, which had a fleet of Beechcraft 1900s and Fokker F-27s in the 1980s.
- The furthest airport from Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,607 miles (18,680 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Cortland County Airport (CTX), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of BGM.
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- Ascension Island Auxiliary Field was being built by 181 men from Saint Helena by 1957
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.