Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Perryville, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Perryville Airport (KPV), Perryville, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,611 miles (or 13,858 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 Perryville 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 Perryville 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 Ascension (ASI):

• In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
• 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.
• The station comes under the overall jurisdiction of the Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, an officer of one-star rank.
• 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.
• RAF Ascension, more commonly known as RAF Ascension Island, and sometimes known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Base, is a British Royal Air Force station on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator.
• 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.

Facts about Perryville Airport (KPV):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 714 commercial passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, an increase of 5% from the 683 enplanements in 2007.
• Perryville Airport (KPV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Perryville Airport (KPV) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,922 miles (17,577 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Perryville Airport (KPV) is Chignik Lake Airport (KCQ), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) NNE of KPV.
• In addition to being known as "Perryville Airport", another name for KPV is "PEV".
• Because of Perryville Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Perryville 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 airport's former runway was designated 3/21 and measured 2,467 by 50 feet.