Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC), San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,664 miles (or 12,333 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 Aviador Carlos Campos 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 Aviador Carlos Campos 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: | CPC / SAZY |
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Location: | San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°4'31"S by 71°8'13"W |
Area Served: | San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina |
Operator/Owner: | Government and Aeropuertos del Neuquén |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 2569 feet (783 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CPC |
More Information: | CPC Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):
- The 501 CSW ensures United Kingdom-based air base groups are resourced, sustained, trained and equipped to exacting command standards in order to provide mission support that enables United States and NATO war fighters to conduct full spectrum flying operations during expeditionary deployments, theatre munitions movements, global command and control communications to forward deployed locations, support for theatre intelligence operations and joint/combined training.
- 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 October 1941 two of its flights with 16 Wellingtons were dispatched to operate from Malta, supposedly on an emergency detachment.
- In late 1940/41, an expansion of RAF Alconbury commenced to upgrade its facilities from a satellite airfield to a fully operational one.
- The total area of land occupied by RAF Alconbury in 1942 was about 500 acres with 100 acres taken up by concrete and buildings.
- During this period, RAF Alconbury consisted of a few wooden huts but plans were made to provide both refuelling and rearmament facilities.
- 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.
- The group comprises six squadrons—security forces and civil engineer, air base, medical and services—and supports tenant units.
- During the Second World War, it was controlled by the USAAF Eighth Air Force, from 23 February 1944 to 7 August 1945 the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, thereafter the United States Air Forces in Europe,
Facts about Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC):
- Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Aviador Carlos Campos Airport", another name for CPC is "Aeropuerto de Chapelco - Aviador Carlos Campos".
- The furthest airport from Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is nearly antipodal to Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (meaning Aviador Carlos Campos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,908 kilometers) away in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
- The closest airport to Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) is Pucón Airport (ZPC), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) NW of CPC.