Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM), Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,021 miles (or 6,471 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 High Wycombe and Fergus Falls Municipal 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 High Wycombe and Fergus Falls Municipal 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 High Wycombe (HYC):

• The actor David Jason officially opened the station's new welfare centre, named after Wing Commander Alan Oakeshott, in July 2011.
• In 1958, Headquarters, 7th Air Division of the Strategic Air Command, supporting SAC operations in UK relocated to High Wycombe from RAF South Ruislip, and commanded all SAC operations until 1965.
• The furthest airport from RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,867 miles (19,098 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
• Buildings were designed to resemble other uses, such as the Officers' Mess which was built to look like a manor house.
• The site is a non-flying station and was home to RAF Strike Command before it became part of the newly formed RAF Air Command on 1 April 2007.
• During the Second World War High Wycombe was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• The motto of RAF High Wycombe in Latin is 'Non Sibi', which translates as 'not for ourselves'.
• Operationally during the Cold War the Director UKWMO would have been located at the United Kingdom Regional Air Operations Command within Strike Command's Operations Centre nuclear bunker at RAF High Wycombe to instigate the national Four minute air raid warnings, with the Deputy Director located at a standby UK RAOC, described at the time as being "elsewhere in the UK", but has since been revealed as being at Goosnargh near Preston within the UKWMO Western Sector nuclear bunker.

Facts about Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM):

• Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,594 miles (17,050 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM) is Harry Stern Airport (WAH), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) W of FFM.
• In addition to being known as "Fergus Falls Municipal Airport", another name for FFM is "Einar Mickelson Field".