Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Douala, Cameroon:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Douala International Airport (DLA), Douala, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,360 miles (or 5,408 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 Douala 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 RAF Fairford and Douala International 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• The 422nd ABG at RAF Croughton and the 420th Air Base Squadron are responsible for the day-to-day operations of RAF Fairford, ensuring that it has adequate resources.
• 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.
• Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
• 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.
• 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 Douala International Airport (DLA):

• Because of Douala International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Douala 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.
• Douala International Airport (DLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Douala International Airport handled 704,765 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Douala International Airport", another name for DLA is "Aéroport international de Douala".
• The furthest airport from Douala International Airport (DLA) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Douala International Airport (meaning Douala International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,307 miles (19,805 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Douala International Airport (DLA) is Limbe Airport (VCC), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of DLA.