Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Málaga, Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Málaga Airport (AGP), Málaga, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,045 miles (or 1,682 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 RAF Fairford and Málaga Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AGP / LEMG |
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Location: | Málaga, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°40'29"N by 4°29'57"W |
Area Served: | Costa del Sol |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 52 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AGP |
More Information: | AGP Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (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.
- In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
- On 14 January 2004, the 420th Air Base Group was established at RAF Fairford to improve the control of its geographically separated units that had been aligned beneath the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.
- RAF Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
Facts about Málaga Airport (AGP):
- In 2004 the "Málaga Plan" was started, including ideas for construction of a new terminal, and a new runway.
- In November 2005 Monarch opened a base at Málaga.
- Pier B was used for flights to mainland Europe and the rest of the world while Pier C was used for flights to the UK and Ireland, however some flights destined for the UK and Ireland occasionally used Pier B.
- Málaga Airport (AGP) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Málaga Airport", another name for AGP is "Aeropuerto de Malaga".
- The airport operates with three terminals.
- In March 2007, Clickair opened a base at Málaga after announcing a new route to Barcelona.
- On May 17, 2012, The first commercial landings on the second runway took place for the first time.
- In 1995, the old passenger building was converted into a general aviation terminal, and a new hangar for large aircraft maintenance was built to the north of the airport site.
- Málaga Airport, officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
- The furthest airport from Málaga Airport (AGP) is Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV), which is nearly antipodal to Málaga Airport (meaning Málaga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coromandel Aerodrome), and is located 12,429 miles (20,002 kilometers) away in Coromandel, New Zealand.
- Because of Málaga Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Málaga 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.
- Málaga Airport handled 12,922,403 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Málaga Airport (AGP) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NE of AGP.