Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Londrina, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,060 miles (or 9,753 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 Londrina-Governador José Richa 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 Londrina-Governador José Richa 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 total area of land occupied by RAF Alconbury in 1942 was about 500 acres with 100 acres taken up by concrete and buildings.
• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• During this period, RAF Alconbury consisted of a few wooden huts but plans were made to provide both refuelling and rearmament facilities.
• This was the time of the Blitz, when many parts of Britain were being subjected to an almost nightly series of heavy air raids.
• 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.
• 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 host unit at RAF Alconbury is the 423rd Air Base Group which supplies host unit services for Alconbury as well as RAF Molesworth.

Facts about Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB):

• The closest airport to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) W of LDB.
• In addition to being known as "Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport", another name for LDB is "Aeroporto de Londrina-Governador José Richa".
• The airport was inaugurated in 1936 but only in 1956 the runway was paved.
• The furthest airport from Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (meaning Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport handled 1,098,768 passengers last year.
• Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) currently has only 1 runway.