Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and McKinleyville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV), McKinleyville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,188 miles (or 8,349 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 High Wycombe and Arcata/Eureka Airport, 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 High Wycombe and Arcata/Eureka Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HYC / EGUH |
Airport Name: | RAF High Wycombe |
Location: | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°40'53"N by 0°48'6"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from HYC |
More Information: | HYC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ACV / KACV |
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Location: | McKinleyville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'40"N by 124°6'29"W |
Area Served: | Arcata, California and Eureka, California |
Operator/Owner: | Humboldt County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 222 feet (68 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ACV |
More Information: | ACV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF High Wycombe (HYC):
- The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
- The furthest airport from RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,867 miles (19,098 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The actor David Jason officially opened the station's new welfare centre, named after Wing Commander Alan Oakeshott, in July 2011.
- To preserve secrecy, the station was known as "Southdown" in March 1940, as part of a directive by the Air Ministry.
- From 1983 to 1984 there was a peace camp protesting against the building of a bunker there at that time to house RAF Strike Command.
- An Armed Forces Community Covenant between the station and Wycombe District Council was signed on 16 April 2012, designed to strengthen the links between the military and the local community.
- The motto of RAF High Wycombe in Latin is 'Non Sibi', which translates as 'not for ourselves'.
- RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England.
- In 1958, Headquarters, 7th Air Division of the Strategic Air Command, supporting SAC operations in UK relocated to High Wycombe from RAF South Ruislip, and commanded all SAC operations until 1965.
Facts about Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV):
- In 2013 SkyWest Airlines Embraer EMB-120s were ACV's only scheduled flights.
- In addition to being known as "Arcata/Eureka Airport", another name for ACV is "Arcata Airport".
- The furthest airport from Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,222 miles (18,059 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) is Murray Field (EKA), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) S of ACV.
- Because of Arcata/Eureka Airport's relatively low elevation of 222 feet, planes can take off or land at Arcata/Eureka 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.
- Arcata/Eureka Airport is a county owned, public airport in Humboldt County, California, located 8 miles north of Arcata and 15 miles north of Eureka, in McKinleyville, California.
- Arcata Airport covers 745 acres at an elevation of 222 feet.