Nonstop flight route between Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Osorno, Chile:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom and Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS), Osorno, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,756 miles (or 12,482 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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: | ZOS / SCJO |
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Location: | Osorno, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°36'41"S by 73°3'38"W |
Area Served: | Osorno, Chile |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 187 feet (57 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZOS |
More Information: | ZOS Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):
- 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.
- RAF Alconbury is about 0.308 sq mi in area.
- The commercial buildings and barracks were dispersed in nearby farmland to the south east of the airfield on the other side of the A14 highway.
- In 1937, Royal Air Force Bomber Command was drawing up plans for dispersal of their aircraft in the event of air raids on its stations.
- In late 1940/41, an expansion of RAF Alconbury commenced to upgrade its facilities from a satellite airfield to a fully operational one.
- The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
Facts about Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS):
- Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport", another name for ZOS is "Aeródromo Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert".
- The closest airport to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of ZOS.
- The furthest airport from Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (meaning Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
- Because of Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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.