Nonstop flight route between Boston, Massachusetts, United States and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, Massachusetts, United States and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,284 miles (or 5,286 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 Boston Logan International Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, 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 Boston Logan International Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOS / KBOS |
Airport Name: | Boston Logan International Airport |
Location: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°21'47"N by 71°0'23"W |
Area Served: | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Operator/Owner: | Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 6 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOS |
More Information: | BOS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WXF / EGVT |
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Location: | Braintree, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°58'26"N by 0°30'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military airfield, private airfield |
Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from WXF |
More Information: | WXF Maps & Info |
Facts about Boston Logan International Airport (BOS):
- Runway 14/32 opened on November 23, 2006, Logan's first major runway addition in more than forty years.
- ILS is available for runways 4R, 15R, 22L, 27, and 33L, with runway 4R being certified for CAT III Instrument Landing operations.
- Because of Boston Logan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Boston Logan International 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.
- Logan International Airport surpassed the 30 million passenger mark in the 2013 calendar year, at 30.2 million passengers.
- Boston Logan International Airport handled 3,021,863 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,767 miles (18,937 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Police services are provided by the Massachusetts State Police Troop F.
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport is an international airport located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
- The closest airport to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of BOS.
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has 6 runways.
Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):
- Gardiner Associates, a fire investigation training provider, began providing residential fire investigation training courses for police, fire and forensic science practitioners at MDP Wethersfield in 2000.
- The 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Upper Heyford was inactivated and elements were moved to Wethersfield.
- During the late 1940s the base was used as a winter camping ground for Chipperfield's Circus.
- MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
- The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
- The furthest airport from MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The fighter squadrons of the 20th had been in constant rotation since the arrival of the wing at Wethersfield in 1952.
- Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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 closure of US bases in France forced the opening of RAF Greenham Common under 20th TFW management to handle personnel overflow beginning in January 1967.
- The 20th Fighter Bomber Wing established an operational detachment at Wheelus AB, Libya, in February 1958.