Nonstop flight route between Évreux / Fauville, France and Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom:
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A direct, nonstop flight between Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX), Évreux / Fauville, France and Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 317 miles (or 511 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 relatively short distance between Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 and Land's End Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EVX / LFOE |
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| Location: | Évreux / Fauville, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°1'42"N by 1°13'10"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from EVX |
| More Information: | EVX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEQ / EGHC |
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| Location: | Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'10"N by 5°40'14"W |
| Area Served: | St Just in Penwith |
| Operator/Owner: | Westward Airways (Lands End) Ltd |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 401 feet (122 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LEQ |
| More Information: | LEQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX):
- With the outbreak of the Cold War in the late 1940s, with the Berlin Airlift and the ongoing threat from the Soviet Union to Western Europe, negotiations began in November 1950 between NATO and the United States to establish air bases and station combat wings in France to meet European defense needs.
- The 465th TCW was reorganized on 12 March 1957 when its group headquarters was inactivated and the wing deputy commander for operations took over command of the troop carrier squadrons.
- In addition to being known as "Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28", another name for EVX is "Évreux-Fauville AB".
- With the fall of France, the Luftwaffe took up residence at Évreux, flying Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft during the Battle of Britain.
- The furthest airport from Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (meaning Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,060 miles (19,408 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105)Évreux-Fauville Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28 (EVX) is Rouen Airport (URO), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of EVX.
- In September 1958 the flying squadrons were assigned directly to the 322nd Air Division.
Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):
- The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.
- Skybus provides scenic flights around south west Cornwall.
- The closest airport to Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
- In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".
- Between 1966 and 1970, Scillonia Airways operated from the airport, flying Rapides.
- Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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.
- On 1 February 1947 the airline and the service were taken over by BEA.
- The airport has a CAA Private Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction for daytime use only as authorised by the licensee Westward Airways Limited.
- Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.
