Nonstop flight route between Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia and Alconbury, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN), Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,453 miles (or 8,775 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 Gerardo Tobar López Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102, 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 Gerardo Tobar López Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BUN / SKBU |
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Location: | Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°49'10"N by 76°59'22"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 48 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BUN |
More Information: | BUN Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN):
- In addition to being known as "Gerardo Tobar López Airport", another name for BUN is "Aeropuerto Gerardo Tobar López".
- Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN) is Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) ESE of BUN.
- Because of Gerardo Tobar López Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Gerardo Tobar López 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.
- The furthest airport from Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Gerardo Tobar López Airport (meaning Gerardo Tobar López Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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.
- 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.
- The 423 ABG command section and orderly room are located at Alconbury as are many of the support units and recreational facilities for the area.
- The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
- Satellite bases were considered one answer to this threat – a landing ground within reasonable road travel distance of the parent airfield to which aircraft could be diverted if the home station was bombed or likely to be attacked.
- RAF Alconbury is also the home of the 501st Combat Support Wing.
- While this work was in progress, No.
- In addition, two underground gasoline storage facilities, with a total capacity of 216,000 gallons were situated at points adjacent to the perimeter track, but at some distance from the explosive storage area.
- The host unit at RAF Alconbury is the 423rd Air Base Group which supplies host unit services for Alconbury as well as RAF Molesworth.
- RAF Alconbury is about 0.308 sq mi in area.
- During the Second World War, it was controlled by the USAAF Eighth Air Force, from 23 February 1944 to 7 August 1945 the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, thereafter the United States Air Forces in Europe,