Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,844 miles (or 6,187 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 Ascension and Addis Ababa Bole International 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 Ascension and Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASI / FHAW |
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Location: | Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°58'9"S by 14°23'38"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from ASI |
More Information: | ASI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ADD / HAAB |
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Location: | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°58'40"N by 38°47'57"E |
Area Served: | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7656 feet (2,334 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ADD |
More Information: | ADD Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
- The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.
- Ascension serves as a diversion airport for ETOPS aircraft crossing the Atlantic.
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
- The NASA Tracking Station at Devil's Ashpit and the Cable & Wireless Earth Station at Donkey Plain were built in the "mid-sixties" for space operations and communications, including the latter's use for transmitting "microwave borne data via the Early Bird Satellite back to the NASA facility at Andover, Maine.
Facts about Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD):
- The furthest airport from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (meaning Addis Ababa Bole International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,278 miles (19,759 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) is Mekane Selam Airport (MKS), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) N of ADD.
- In addition to being known as "Addis Ababa Bole International Airport", another name for ADD is "አዲስ አበባ ቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ".
- Because of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport's high elevation of 7,656 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ADD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ADD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.