Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Fuyun, Xinjiang, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Fuyun Airport (FYN), Fuyun, Xinjiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,820 miles (or 6,148 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 Fuyun 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 Fuyun 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: | FYN / ZWFY |
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Location: | Fuyun, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°48'3"N by 89°32'17"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from FYN |
More Information: | FYN Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF High Wycombe (HYC):
- The actor David Jason officially opened the station's new welfare centre, named after Wing Commander Alan Oakeshott, in July 2011.
- 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 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 station crest, incorporating a thunderbolt and two pillars to symbolise the support the station gave to Bomber Command, was approved on 23 November 1966.
- Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, the Air Ministry sought a safe location for RAF Bomber Command away from London.
- During the Second World War High Wycombe was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
Facts about Fuyun Airport (FYN):
- The closest airport to Fuyun Airport (FYN) is Altay Airport (AAT), which is located 95 miles (152 kilometers) NW of FYN.
- In addition to being known as "Fuyun Airport", other names for FYN include "富蕴机场" and "Fùyùn Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Fuyun Airport (FYN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,596 miles (18,662 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.