Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Jodhpur Airport (JDH), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,109 miles (or 6,613 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 Jodhpur 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 Jodhpur 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 technical site on the north-west side was expanded where a single T2 hangar was also erected.
• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• RAF Alconbury is also the home of the 501st Combat Support Wing.
• 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.
• 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.
• A total of 67 bombers had been lost in RAF Bomber Command operations flown from Alconbury, eight were Blenheims and 59 Wellingtons.

Facts about Jodhpur Airport (JDH):

• Jodhpur airport's 12 acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5690 sq.mtrs, that is capable of handling 430 passengers per hour.
• In addition to being known as "Jodhpur Airport", another name for JDH is "जोधपुर हवाई अड्डे".
• Because of Jodhpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 717 feet, planes can take off or land at Jodhpur 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.
• Jodhpur Airport (JDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Udaipur Airport (UDR), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SSE of JDH.
• The furthest airport from Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jodhpur Airport (meaning Jodhpur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,749 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.