Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH), Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,667 miles (or 9,120 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 Chizhou Jiuhuashan 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 Chizhou Jiuhuashan 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: | JUH / |
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Location: | Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°44'25"N by 117°41'12"E |
Area Served: | Chizhou and Tongling |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from JUH |
More Information: | JUH Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- 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.
- Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
- 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.
- RAF Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.
- 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.
Facts about Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH):
- The furthest airport from Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH) is Ceres Airport (CRR), which is nearly antipodal to Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (meaning Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ceres Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH) is Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of JUH.
- In addition to being known as "Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport", other names for JUH include "池州九华山机场", "Chízhōu Jiǔhuàshān Jīchǎng" and "ZSJH".