Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Lien Khuong Airport (DLI), Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,414 miles (or 10,323 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 Lien Khuong 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 Lien Khuong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | DLI / VVDL |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°45'2"N by 108°22'24"E |
Area Served: | Da Lat |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Corporation of Vietnam |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3156 feet (962 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DLI |
More Information: | DLI Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- RAF Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.
- 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.
- Due to RAF Fairford's location and infrastructure, the airfield is designated as a forward operating location for the US Air Force.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Lien Khuong Airport (DLI):
- The furthest airport from Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Lien Khuong Airport (meaning Lien Khuong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.
- Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Lien Khuong Airport", another name for DLI is "Sân bay Liên Khương".
- Since 1992 Lien Khuong Airport resumed its civil services with Ho Chi Minh - Lien Khuong, and Huế – Lien Khuong on AK 40 and was later replaced by ATR 72.
- The closest airport to Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) ENE of DLI.
- The airport has been upgraded into international standard to serve international flights to Singapore, South Korea, Laos and Cambodia.