Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Pescara, Italy:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Abruzzo Airport (PSR), Pescara, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 948 miles (or 1,526 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 relatively short distance between RAF High Wycombe and Abruzzo Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | PSR / LIBP |
Airport Name: | Abruzzo Airport |
Location: | Pescara, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°26'13"N by 14°11'13"E |
Area Served: | Pescara |
Operator/Owner: | S.A.G.A. S.p.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 48 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSR |
More Information: | PSR Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF High Wycombe (HYC):
- 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 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.
- 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 location of the station was originally suggested by Wing Commander Alan Oakeshott when the Air Ministry was seeking a new, secure, site for Bomber Command away from London.
- Since 2009, the station has been responsible for reviewing UFO sightings as part of efforts to identify any possible unauthorised military incursions into UK airspace.
Facts about Abruzzo Airport (PSR):
- The furthest airport from Abruzzo Airport (PSR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,892 miles (19,138 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
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- Abruzzo Airport is an airport located near Pescara, Italy.
- In 1973 the historian, Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, who was living in Abruzzo, organised a British Caledonian BAC 111 to take off from Genoa to Pescara as a test flight for a large commercial aircraft to test the feasibility of the approach and landing at Pescara.
- Abruzzo Airport handled 563,187 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Abruzzo Airport (PSR) is Latina Airport (QLT), which is located 90 miles (145 kilometers) SW of PSR.
- Because of Abruzzo Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Abruzzo 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.
- The airport is connected to the center of Pescara with n.38 line code GTM, with which you can reach Piazza della Repubblica, the terminal Buses to the domestic and international destinations.
- From 1 February 1979, Itavia is forced to suspend its flights to Pescara due to the revision of the "minimum" on some Italian airports dell'ANPAC implemented by the National Association of Civil Aviation Pilots.
- Abruzzo Airport (PSR) currently has only 1 runway.