Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Campo Grande International Airport (CGR), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,998 miles (or 9,652 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 Campo Grande 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 AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 and Campo Grande International 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 AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

• 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.
• Also in 1942, to bring the station up to Class A airfield standards, the runways were extended to 2,000 yards, and 1,400 yards, with 26 additional hardstands along with the taxiways altered.
• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• Satellite bases were considered one answer to this threat – a landing ground within reasonable road travel distance of the parent airfield to which aircraft could be diverted if the home station was bombed or likely to be attacked.
• The group comprises six squadrons—security forces and civil engineer, air base, medical and services—and supports tenant units.
• This was the time of the Blitz, when many parts of Britain were being subjected to an almost nightly series of heavy air raids.
• Squadrons 15 and 40 converted from Battles to Bristol Blenheim bombers, but did not take part in bombing raids with the new type until the German Blitzkrieg was unleashed in May 1940.

Facts about Campo Grande International Airport (CGR):

• Campo Grande International Airport, sometimes also informally referred to as Antônio João Airport, after the neighborhood where it is located, is the airport serving Campo Grande, Brazil.
• Since 1975 it is operated by Infraero.
• In addition to being known as "Campo Grande International Airport", another name for CGR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Campo Grande".
• The furthest airport from Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Basco Airport (BSO), which is nearly antipodal to Campo Grande International Airport (meaning Campo Grande International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Basco Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Basco, Batanes, Philippines.
• Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Campo Grande International Airport handled 1,648,143 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) S of CGR.