Nonstop flight route between Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO), Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,953 miles (or 9,581 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 Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport and RAF Fairford, 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 Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport and RAF Fairford. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKO / SSCP |
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Location: | Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°9'10"S by 50°36'10"W |
Area Served: | Cornélio Procópio |
Operator/Owner: | Cornélio Procópio SEIL |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1854 feet (565 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKO |
More Information: | CKO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FFD / EGVA |
Airport Name: | RAF Fairford |
Location: | Fairford, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°40'55"N by 1°47'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from FFD |
More Information: | FFD Maps & Info |
Facts about Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO):
- The furthest airport from Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (meaning Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,217 miles (19,661 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport", another name for CKO is "Aeroporto Francisco Lacerda Junior".
- The closest airport to Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport (CKO) is Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of CKO.
- The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
- Francisco Lacerda Junior Airport handled 186 passengers last year.
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.
- Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were temporarily assigned to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on rotation.
- The furthest airport from RAF Fairford (FFD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,898 miles (19,148 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- On 15 September 2009, it was announced that the USAF will withdraw all their uniformed staff from the station by September 2010, after which it will be run on a "care and maintenance" basis.
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
- The 422nd ABG at RAF Croughton and the 420th Air Base Squadron are responsible for the day-to-day operations of RAF Fairford, ensuring that it has adequate resources.
- RAF Fairford was constructed in 1944 to serve as an airfield for British and American troop carriers and gliders for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.