Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Conceição do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ), Conceição do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,043 miles (or 8,116 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 Conceição do Araguaia 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 Conceição do Araguaia 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: | CDJ / SBAA |
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Location: | Conceição do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°20'54"S by 49°18'11"W |
Area Served: | Conceição do Araguaia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 653 feet (199 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CDJ |
More Information: | CDJ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF High Wycombe (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.
- Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, the Air Ministry sought a safe location for RAF Bomber Command away from London.
- RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England.
- The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
- Operationally during the Cold War the Director UKWMO would have been located at the United Kingdom Regional Air Operations Command within Strike Command's Operations Centre nuclear bunker at RAF High Wycombe to instigate the national Four minute air raid warnings, with the Deputy Director located at a standby UK RAOC, described at the time as being "elsewhere in the UK", but has since been revealed as being at Goosnargh near Preston within the UKWMO Western Sector nuclear bunker.
- The Ministry of Defence and Serco Group agreed a ten-year contract in February 2010 whereby Serco would provide support services at RAF High Wycombe and RAF Halton, including leisure services, general engineering and catering.
- RAF High Wycombe is situated roughly three miles from the town of High Wycombe over three sites - No 1 Site houses the Command HQ and the Combined Air Operations Centre, No 2 Site houses the officers' mess, while No 3 site is the domestic site, airmen and NCO's quarters, MT yard, PT flight and Supply Flight.
Facts about Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ):
- The closest airport to Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 98 miles (158 kilometers) NNW of CDJ.
- In addition to being known as "Conceição do Araguaia Airport", another name for CDJ is "Aeroporto de Conceição do Araguaia".
- Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Conceição do Araguaia Airport (meaning Conceição do Araguaia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,577 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
- Because of Conceição do Araguaia Airport's relatively low elevation of 653 feet, planes can take off or land at Conceição do Araguaia 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.