Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Setif, Algeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Ain Arnat Airport (QSF), Setif, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,150 miles (or 1,851 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 Ain Arnat Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | QSF / DAAS |
Airport Name: | Ain Arnat Airport |
Location: | Setif, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°10'36"N by 5°17'18"E |
Area Served: | Sétif |
Operator/Owner: | EGSA-Constantine |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3406 feet (1,038 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QSF |
More Information: | QSF Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):
- 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 total area of land occupied by RAF Alconbury in 1942 was about 500 acres with 100 acres taken up by concrete and buildings.
- 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 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.
- In September 1939, RAF Upwood squadrons were given operational training roles and Alconbury became RAF Wyton's satellite under No.
- 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.
Facts about Ain Arnat Airport (QSF):
- The closest airport to Ain Arnat Airport (QSF) is Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (BJA), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNW of QSF.
- Ain Arnat Airport (QSF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ain Arnat Airport (QSF) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Ain Arnat Airport (meaning Ain Arnat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,001 miles (19,313 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.