Nonstop flight route between Carson City, Nevada, United States and Alconbury, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carson Airport (CSN), Carson City, Nevada, United States and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,147 miles (or 8,284 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 Carson 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 Carson Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Carson Airport (CSN):

• Because of Carson Airport's high elevation of 4,697 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CSN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CSN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Carson Airport (CSN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Carson Airport, also known as Carson City Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Carson City, the capital of the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Carson Airport", other names for CSN include "Carson City Airport" and "CXP".
• The furthest airport from Carson Airport (CSN) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,190 miles (18,008 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Carson Airport covers an area of 632 acres at an elevation of 4,697 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Carson Airport (CSN) is Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) S of CSN.

Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• During this period, RAF Alconbury consisted of a few wooden huts but plans were made to provide both refuelling and rearmament facilities.
• 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.
• The first American Eighth Air Force unit to take residence at RAF Alconbury was the 93d Bombardment Group, known as the "Travelling Circus" from Fort Myers AAF, Florida on 7 September 1942.
• The 501 CSW ensures United Kingdom-based air base groups are resourced, sustained, trained and equipped to exacting command standards in order to provide mission support that enables United States and NATO war fighters to conduct full spectrum flying operations during expeditionary deployments, theatre munitions movements, global command and control communications to forward deployed locations, support for theatre intelligence operations and joint/combined training.
• This was the time of the Blitz, when many parts of Britain were being subjected to an almost nightly series of heavy air raids.