Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 510 miles (or 820 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 Zurich Airport and RAF High Wycombe, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- When Swissair existed, its head office was at Zurich Airport and in Kloten.
- The first flights off the west runway were not until 1948.
- The noise of aircraft became an issue and a noise charge was instituted in 1980, and in 1984, an agreement was made regarding arrivals and departures to the airport via German airspace.
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- Zurich Airport, also known as Zurich Kloten Airport, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines.
- In 2003, Zurich Airport completed a major expansion project in which it built a new parking garage, a new midfield terminal, and an automated underground train to link the midfield terminal to the main terminal.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport is owned by Flughafen Zürich AG, a company quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
Facts about RAF High Wycombe (HYC):
- 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.
- 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.
- Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, the Air Ministry sought a safe location for RAF Bomber Command away from London.
- 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 closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.