Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,777 miles (or 12,516 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 Blimbingsari 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 Blimbingsari 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):

• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• On 15 September 2009, it was announced that the USAF will withdraw all their uniformed staff from the station by September 2010, after which it will be run on a "care and maintenance" basis.
• 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.

Facts about Blimbingsari Airport (BWX):

• The furthest airport from Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Valle de la Pascua Airport (VDP), which is nearly antipodal to Blimbingsari Airport (meaning Blimbingsari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Valle de la Pascua Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Valle de la Pascua, Guárico, Venezuela.
• Because of Blimbingsari Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Blimbingsari 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.
• In addition to being known as "Blimbingsari Airport", another name for BWX is "Bandara Blimbingsari".
• The closest airport to Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ESE of BWX.
• Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) currently has only 1 runway.