Nonstop flight route between Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kemmerer Municipal Airport (EMM), Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,699 miles (or 7,562 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 Kemmerer Municipal 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 Kemmerer Municipal 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: | EMM / KEMM |
Airport Name: | Kemmerer Municipal Airport |
Location: | Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°49'27"N by 110°33'24"W |
Area Served: | Kemmerer, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | City of Kemmerer |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7285 feet (2,220 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from EMM |
More Information: | EMM 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 Kemmerer Municipal Airport (EMM):
- The furthest airport from Kemmerer Municipal Airport (EMM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,871 miles (17,495 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Kemmerer Municipal Airport (EMM) is Miley Memorial Field (BPI), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NNE of EMM.
- Kemmerer Municipal Airport (EMM) has 3 runways.
- The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems categorizes it as a general aviation airport.
- Because of Kemmerer Municipal Airport's high elevation of 7,285 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EMM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EMM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
- In the early years of the Cold War the British and American governments reached an agreement under which elements of the USAF Strategic Air Command would be based in the UK.
- RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
- 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.
- 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.