Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Toulon, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN), Toulon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 699 miles (or 1,125 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 relatively short distance between RAF Fairford and Toulon–Hyères Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | TLN / LFTH |
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Location: | Toulon, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°5'49"N by 6°8'45"E |
Area Served: | Toulon, France |
Operator/Owner: | CCI Du Var |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TLN |
More Information: | TLN 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.
- RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.
- Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were temporarily assigned to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on rotation.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN):
- The furthest airport from Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toulon–Hyères Airport (meaning Toulon–Hyères Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,297 miles (19,790 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Toulon–Hyères Airport", another name for TLN is "Aéroport de Toulon – Hyères".
- The closest airport to Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) is La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ENE of TLN.
- Because of Toulon–Hyères Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Toulon–Hyères 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.