Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Krabi, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Krabi International Airport (KBV), Krabi, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,235 miles (or 10,034 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 Krabi 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 Krabi 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):

• KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
• 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 Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.

Facts about Krabi International Airport (KBV):

• In addition to being known as "Krabi International Airport", another name for KBV is "ท่าอากาศยานกระบี่".
• Because of Krabi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Krabi 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.
• The furthest airport from Krabi International Airport (KBV) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Krabi International Airport (meaning Krabi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,315 miles (19,819 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.
• The closest airport to Krabi International Airport (KBV) is Phuket International Airport (HKT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) W of KBV.
• Krabi International Airport (KBV) currently has only 1 runway.