Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Huambo, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport (NOV), Huambo, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,578 miles (or 7,368 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 Albano Machado (Huambo) 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 Albano Machado (Huambo) 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: | NOV / FNHU |
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Location: | Huambo, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°48'32"S by 15°45'37"E |
Area Served: | Huambo, Angola |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5587 feet (1,703 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NOV |
More Information: | NOV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
Facts about Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport (NOV):
- The furthest airport from Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport (NOV) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,991 miles (19,298 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
- In addition to being known as "Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport", another name for NOV is "Huambo/Albano Machado Airport (Huambo)".
- Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport (NOV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport's high elevation of 5,587 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NOV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NOV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Albano Machado (Huambo) Airport (NOV) is Waku Kungo Airport/Cela (CEO), which is located 105 miles (170 kilometers) NNW of NOV.