Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL), Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,661 miles (or 7,501 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 AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 and Tomás de Heres 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 AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 and Tomás de Heres Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AYH / EGWZ |
Airport Name: | RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 |
Location: | Alconbury, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°21'47"N by 0°13'22"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AYH |
More Information: | AYH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBL / SVCB |
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Location: | Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°7'19"N by 63°32'9"W |
Area Served: | Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 197 feet (60 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CBL |
More Information: | CBL Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):
- The host unit at RAF Alconbury is the 423rd Air Base Group which supplies host unit services for Alconbury as well as RAF Molesworth.
- The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
- In the spring of 1938, the Air Ministry acquired about 150 acres of open meadowland at Alconbury Hill, Huntingdonshire, expressly for use as a satellite airfield.
- Opened in 1938, it is currently a non-flying facility under the control of the United States Air Force.
- In May 1942, RAF Alconbury was allocated to the United States Eighth Air Force when a number of stations in East Anglia were turned over to the Americans after their entry into the war.
- The construction attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe as the flying field of RAF Alconbury was attacked by German bombers on 16 September 1940, although no serious damage was done.
- The furthest airport from RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,821 miles (19,024 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL):
- The closest airport to Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL) is Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) ENE of CBL.
- In addition to being known as "Tomás de Heres Airport", another name for CBL is "Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres".
- The furthest airport from Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to Tomás de Heres Airport (meaning Tomás de Heres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
- Because of Tomás de Heres Airport's relatively low elevation of 197 feet, planes can take off or land at Tomás de Heres 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.
- Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL) has 2 runways.