Nonstop flight route between Greenfield, Indiana, United States and Coningsby, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (GFD), Greenfield, Indiana, United States and RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,925 miles (or 6,317 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 Pope Field and RAF Coningsby, 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 Pope Field and RAF Coningsby. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pope Field (GFD):

• The closest airport to Pope Field (GFD) is Anderson Municipal Airport (AID), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of GFD.
• Because of Pope Field's relatively low elevation of 895 feet, planes can take off or land at Pope Field 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.
• Pope Field (GFD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (GFD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,219 miles (18,056 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):

• The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
• The furthest airport from RAF Coningsby (QCY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,781 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Coningsby was the first airfield to receive the Phantoms, the Tornado ADV and was the first to receive its replacement, the Eurofighter Typhoon.
• RAF Coningsby was opened in 1940 as a bomber station.No.
• The Phantom's role changed to air defence in October 1974 when the base joined 11 Group in RAF Strike Command, when the SEPECAT Jaguar took over the ground attack role.
• Since June 2007 the Typhoons of No.