Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Augsburg Airport (AGB), Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,190 miles (or 6,743 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 Augsburg 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 Augsburg 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: | AGB / EDMA |
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Location: | Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°25'31"N by 10°55'54"E |
Area Served: | Augsburg, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Augsburger Flughafen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1515 feet (462 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from AGB |
More Information: | AGB Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
- Ascension Island Auxiliary Field was being built by 181 men from Saint Helena by 1957
- RAF Ascension Island is also the refuelling point for the Ministry of Defence's South Atlantic Air Bridge flights to RAF Mount Pleasant, on the Falkland Islands, from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, in the UK.
- In 1939 Ascension became important as a HF/DF radio station covering trade routes.
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
- Wideawake Airfield was a US installation built in 1943 by arrangement with the British government.
- 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.
Facts about Augsburg Airport (AGB):
- The furthest airport from Augsburg Airport (AGB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,961 miles (19,249 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Augsburg Airport", another name for AGB is "Flughafen Augsburg".
- The closest airport to Augsburg Airport (AGB) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SE of AGB.
- Augsburg Airport is a regional airport in Affing, 7 km northeast of the city of Augsburg, the third largest city in the German state of Bavaria.
- In 1986, Interot Airways commenced scheduled flight services at Augsburg Airways, initially to Düsseldorf.
- Following Interot Airways having become a member of Team Lufthansa in 1996, the airline scaled down its presence at Augsburg Airport in favor of Munich Airport.