Nonstop flight route between Ada, Oklahoma, United States and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ada Municipal Airport (ADT), Ada, Oklahoma, United States and RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,608 miles (or 7,415 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 Ada Municipal Airport and RAF High Wycombe, 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 Ada Municipal Airport and RAF High Wycombe. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ADT / KADH |
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Location: | Ada, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°48'15"N by 96°40'17"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Ada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1016 feet (310 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ADT |
More Information: | ADT 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 Ada Municipal Airport (ADT):
- Ada Municipal Airport (ADT) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Ada Municipal Airport", another name for ADT is "ADH".
- The furthest airport from Ada Municipal Airport (ADT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,835 miles (17,437 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Ada Municipal Airport (ADT) is Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSW of ADT.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To preserve secrecy, the station was known as "Southdown" in March 1940, as part of a directive by the Air Ministry.