Nonstop flight route between Beersheba, Israel and Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Be'er Sheva Airport (BEV), Beersheba, Israel and RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,228 miles (or 6,804 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 Be'er Sheva Airport and RAF Ascension, 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 Be'er Sheva Airport and RAF Ascension. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Be'er Sheva Airport (BEV):

• The closest airport to Be'er Sheva Airport (BEV) is Gaza Airstrip/Gush Katif Airport (GHK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WNW of BEV.
• Be'er Sheva Airport (BEV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Be'er Sheva Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Be'er Sheva 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.
• In addition to being known as "Be'er Sheva Airport", another name for BEV is "שְׂדֵה תֵּימָן".
• The furthest airport from Be'er Sheva Airport (BEV) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,719 miles (18,860 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.

Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):

• In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
• The NASA Tracking Station at Devil's Ashpit and the Cable & Wireless Earth Station at Donkey Plain were built in the "mid-sixties" for space operations and communications, including the latter's use for transmitting "microwave borne data via the Early Bird Satellite back to the NASA facility at Andover, Maine.
• The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
• The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.