Nonstop flight route between Cuddapah, India and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cuddapah Airport (CDP), Cuddapah, India and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,033 miles (or 8,100 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 Cuddapah Airport and RAF Fairford, 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 Cuddapah Airport and RAF Fairford. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cuddapah Airport (CDP):

• The furthest airport from Cuddapah Airport (CDP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,416 miles (18,372 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Cuddapah Airport's relatively low elevation of 430 feet, planes can take off or land at Cuddapah 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.
• Cuddapah Airport (CDP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cuddapah Airport", another name for CDP is "కడప విమానాశ్రయం".
• The Airport was constructed in 1953, is spread over 229.5 acres of land and had a 3,600 ft × 150 ft runway.
• The closest airport to Cuddapah Airport (CDP) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 80 miles (128 kilometers) SE of CDP.

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• Due to the deteriorating airfield facilities and its unique NATO heavy bomber mission, RAF Fairford underwent a $100 million upgrade of its runway and fuel systems in the largest NATO funded airfield construction project within a NATO country since the end of the Cold War.
• RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
• RAF Fairford was constructed in 1944 to serve as an airfield for British and American troop carriers and gliders for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.
• Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were temporarily assigned to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on rotation.
• Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
• The furthest airport from RAF Fairford (FFD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,898 miles (19,148 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.