Nonstop flight route between Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States and Exeter, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States and Exeter International Airport (EXT), Exeter, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,040 miles (or 6,501 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 Diego Jiménez Torres Airport and Exeter International Airport, 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 Diego Jiménez Torres Airport and Exeter International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FAJ / TJFA |
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| Location: | Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 18°18'29"N by 65°39'42"W |
| Area Served: | Fajardo, Puerto Rico |
| Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 64 feet (20 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FAJ |
| More Information: | FAJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EXT / EGTE |
| Airport Name: | Exeter International Airport |
| Location: | Exeter, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°44'3"N by 3°24'50"W |
| Area Served: | Exeter, Devon |
| Operator/Owner: | Exeter and Devon Airport Limited |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 102 feet (31 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from EXT |
| More Information: | EXT Maps & Info |
Facts about Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ):
- Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Airport operations were shut down in November 2008 and transferred to the newly opened José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba.
- Diego Jiménez Torres Airport is a public use airport owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Fajardo, a city in Puerto Rico.
- The closest airport to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Humacao Airport (HUC), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of FAJ.
- In addition to being known as "Diego Jiménez Torres Airport", other names for FAJ include "Fajardo Airport" and "X95".
- Diego Jiménez Torres Airport covers an area of 95 acres at an elevation of 64 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Diego Jiménez Torres Airport's relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Diego Jiménez Torres 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 Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (meaning Diego Jiménez Torres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,247 miles (19,709 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Exeter International Airport (EXT):
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Exeter International Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Exeter International 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.
- RAF Exeter was also used by the United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force as a D-Day troop transport base with Douglas C-47 Skytrain transports dropping paratroops near Carentan to land on the Normandy Beachhead.
- Capital Aviation is based at Exeter and offers a number of commercial services.
- Exeter International Airport handled 741,465 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Exeter International Airport (EXT) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,994 miles (19,302 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Despite extensive efforts at camouflage, including painting the runways, Exeter attracted the Luftwaffe on a number of occasions during the early years of the conflict and a few of the administrative and technical buildings were destroyed.
- The closest airport to Exeter International Airport (EXT) is Plymouth City Airport (PLH), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SW of EXT.
