Nonstop flight route between Barrancabermeja, Colombia and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yariguíes Airport (EJA), Barrancabermeja, Colombia and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,070 miles (or 8,160 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 Yariguíes 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 Yariguíes Airport and RAF Fairford. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EJA / SKEJ |
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Location: | Barrancabermeja, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°1'27"N by 73°48'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aerocivil |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 412 feet (126 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EJA |
More Information: | EJA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FFD / EGVA |
Airport Name: | RAF Fairford |
Location: | Fairford, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°40'55"N by 1°47'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from FFD |
More Information: | FFD Maps & Info |
Facts about Yariguíes Airport (EJA):
- Because of Yariguíes Airport's relatively low elevation of 412 feet, planes can take off or land at Yariguíes 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.
- Yariguíes Airport (EJA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Yariguíes Airport", another name for EJA is "Aeropuerto Yariguíes".
- The furthest airport from Yariguíes Airport (EJA) is Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), which is nearly antipodal to Yariguíes Airport (meaning Yariguíes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Yariguíes Airport (EJA) is Palonegro International Airport (BGA), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) E of EJA.
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
- 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.
- Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.