Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Puerto Inírida, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Obando Airport (PDA), Puerto Inírida, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,040 miles (or 8,110 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 Obando 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 Obando 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):

• Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, the Air Ministry sought a safe location for RAF Bomber Command away from London.
• During the Second World War High Wycombe was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• 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.
• An Armed Forces Community Covenant between the station and Wycombe District Council was signed on 16 April 2012, designed to strengthen the links between the military and the local community.
• From 1983 to 1984 there was a peace camp protesting against the building of a bunker there at that time to house RAF Strike Command.
• The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
• Since 2009, the station has been responsible for reviewing UFO sightings as part of efforts to identify any possible unauthorised military incursions into UK airspace.
• 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 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.

Facts about Obando Airport (PDA):

• The closest airport to Obando Airport (PDA) is Cacique Aramare Airport (PYH), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) N of PDA.
• Obando Airport (PDA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Obando Airport's relatively low elevation of 460 feet, planes can take off or land at Obando 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 Obando Airport (PDA) is H. Asan Airport (SMQ), which is nearly antipodal to Obando Airport (meaning Obando Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from H. Asan Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,835 kilometers) away in Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.