Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Košice, Slovakia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Košice International Airport (KSC), Košice, Slovakia would travel a Great Circle distance of 973 miles (or 1,566 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 relatively short distance between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 and Košice International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

• 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 about 0.308 sq mi in area.
• 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 technical site on the north-west side was expanded where a single T2 hangar was also erected.
• 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.

Facts about Košice International Airport (KSC):

• In addition to being known as "Košice International Airport", another name for KSC is "Medzinárodné letisko Košice".
• Košice International Airport (KSC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Košice International Airport (KSC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,530 miles (18,555 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Košice International Airport (KSC) is Miskolc Airport (MCQ), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) SSW of KSC.
• Construction of today's airport began in 1950 near the suburb of Barca.
• Because of Košice International Airport's relatively low elevation of 755 feet, planes can take off or land at Košice International 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.