Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Alto Río Senguer, Chubut, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR), Alto Río Senguer, Chubut, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,839 miles (or 12,615 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 RAF Fairford and Alto Río Senguer 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 RAF Fairford and Alto Río Senguer Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• On 12 May 2005, USAFE activated the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, to provide support to its GSUs in the United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR):

• In addition to being known as "Alto Río Senguer Airport", another name for ARR is "Alto Río Senguer Airport (Alto Río Senguer)".
• Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR) is Teniente Vidal Airfield (GXQ), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) WSW of ARR.
• The furthest airport from Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR) is Mandalgovi Airport (MXW), which is nearly antipodal to Alto Río Senguer Airport (meaning Alto Río Senguer Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mandalgovi Airport), and is located 12,287 miles (19,773 kilometers) away in Mandalgovi, Dundgovi, Mongolia.