Nonstop flight route between St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Cicia, Fiji:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom and Cicia Airport (ICI), Cicia, Fiji would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,761 miles (or 15,709 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 Leuchars and Cicia 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 Leuchars and Cicia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Leuchars (ADX):

• RAF Leuchars is commanded by an Air Commodore instead of a Group Captain who would usually be given command of a station.
• In September 2010, No.
• On 4 September 1939, a Lockheed Hudson of No.
• Very little information of a closure timeline is known.
• The furthest airport from RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,678 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Leuchars remained an active Station to the end of the War, concentrating on anti-submarine and anti-shipping strikes.
• Aviation at Leuchars dates back to 1911 with a balloon squadron of the Royal Engineers setting up a training camp in Tentsmuir Forest.
• The closest airport to RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Dundee Airport (DND), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of ADX.
• The unit was formally named 'Royal Air Force Leuchars' in March 1920, but nevertheless retained its strong naval links.

Facts about Cicia Airport (ICI):

• Because of Cicia Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Cicia 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 furthest airport from Cicia Airport (ICI) is Gao International Airport (GAQ), which is nearly antipodal to Cicia Airport (meaning Cicia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gao International Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,835 kilometers) away in Gao, Mali.
• The closest airport to Cicia Airport (ICI) is Moala Airport (MFJ), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SW of ICI.