Nonstop flight route between Canaima, Venezuela and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Canaima Airport (CAJ), Canaima, Venezuela and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,714 miles (or 7,586 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 Canaima Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Canaima Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Canaima Airport (CAJ):

• The furthest airport from Canaima Airport (CAJ) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to Canaima Airport (meaning Canaima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,731 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Canaima Airport", another name for CAJ is "Aeropuerto de Canaima".
• Canaima Airport (CAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Canaima Airport (CAJ) is El Dorado Airport (EOR), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) ENE of CAJ.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• Northolt pre-dates the establishment of the Royal Air Force by almost three years, having opened in May 1915.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
• Squadrons based at RAF Northolt during the battle shot down a total of 148 Luftwaffe aircraft and damaged 52.
• The remains of a Hawker Hurricane flown by Flying Officer Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz, the first pilot in No. 303 Squadron to shoot down an enemy aircraft, were donated to the station in June 2008.
• During the construction of Heathrow Airport, Northolt was used for commercial civil flights, becoming the busiest airport in Europe for a time and a major base for British European Airways.
• Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.