Nonstop flight route between Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Monticello, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena and Sullivan County International Airport (MSV), Monticello, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,124 miles (or 8,246 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 Sullivan County 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 Sullivan County 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: | MSV / KMSV |
Airport Name: | Sullivan County International Airport |
Location: | Monticello, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°42'6"N by 74°47'42"W |
Area Served: | Monticello, New York |
Operator/Owner: | Sullivan County Division of Public Works |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1403 feet (428 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MSV |
More Information: | MSV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
- 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.
- The RAF presence on Ascension is backed up by United States Air Force personnel, who contribute a similar number of service personnel to ensure the effective running of the station, under the command of Captain Eduard Rodriguez, who is responsible to the RAF Station Commander.
- RAF Ascension Island was re-garrisoned by the RAF in 1982 and used extensively as a staging base during the Falklands War.
Facts about Sullivan County International Airport (MSV):
- The furthest airport from Sullivan County International Airport (MSV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,676 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Sullivan County International Airport (MSV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sullivan County International Airport (MSV) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) ESE of MSV.