Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,497 miles (or 10,455 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional 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 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 14 January 2004, the 420th Air Base Group was established at RAF Fairford to improve the control of its geographically separated units that had been aligned beneath the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.
• 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.
• RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
• 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.
• RAF Fairford was constructed in 1944 to serve as an airfield for British and American troop carriers and gliders for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.

Facts about Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ):

• In addition to being known as "Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport", another name for JUJ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Jujuy - Gobernador Horacio Guzmán".
• The furthest airport from Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Meixian Airport (MXZ), which is nearly antipodal to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (meaning Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Meixian Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
• Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SW of JUJ.