Nonstop flight route between Corozal, Colombia and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Las Brujas Airport (CZU), Corozal, Colombia and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,008 miles (or 8,059 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 Las Brujas 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 Las Brujas 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 Las Brujas Airport (CZU):

• The department offers several tourist sites, especially the coastal strip Morrosquillo Gulf, known for its calm waters and white sand beaches.
• In addition to being known as "Las Brujas Airport", another name for CZU is "Aeropuerto Las Brujas".
• Las Brujas Airport (CZU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Los Garzones Airport (MTR), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) SW of CZU.
• Because of Las Brujas Airport's relatively low elevation of 528 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Brujas 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 Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Las Brujas Airport (meaning Las Brujas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.

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.
• 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.
• The 422nd ABG at RAF Croughton and the 420th Air Base Squadron are responsible for the day-to-day operations of RAF Fairford, ensuring that it has adequate resources.
• On 12 May 2005, USAFE activated the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, to provide support to its GSUs in the United Kingdom.
• The runway was completed in 1953, and served as a forward airbase for the first Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• 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.
• RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.