Nonstop flight route between Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands and Grimsby, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aur Airport (AUL), Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands and RAF Binbrook (GSY), Grimsby, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,151 miles (or 13,118 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 Aur Airport and RAF Binbrook, 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 Aur Airport and RAF Binbrook. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aur Airport (AUL):

• The furthest airport from Aur Airport (AUL) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Aur Airport (meaning Aur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,056 miles (19,402 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Aur Airport (AUL) is Maloelap Airport (MAV), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) N of AUL.

Facts about RAF Binbrook (GSY):

• The closest airport to RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Humberside Airport (HUY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of GSY.
• The furthest airport from RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• As of 2012 a majority of the accommodation blocks have been demolished.
• RAF Binbrook (GSY) has 3 runways.
• The Control Tower and adjacent Fire Section were demolished in 1995.
• From 1965, Binbrook was the home to the English Electric Lightnings of 5 Squadron, joined by the similarly equipped 11 Squadron in 1972.
• The station closed as a Main Operating Base in the 1980s, although it continued as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Scampton into the early 1990s before eventually closing and all military activity ceasing, it was subsequently sold off for development.
• After the departure of IX and 12 squadrons in 1959, Binbrook housed Gloster Javelin all-weather fighters belonging to 64 squadron, as well as the Central Fighter Establishment.