Nonstop flight route between High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom and Yenişehir Airport (YEI), Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,641 miles (or 2,642 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 High Wycombe and Yenişehir Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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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.
• The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
• The actor David Jason officially opened the station's new welfare centre, named after Wing Commander Alan Oakeshott, in July 2011.
• 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.
• During the Second World War High Wycombe was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• To preserve secrecy, the station was known as "Southdown" in March 1940, as part of a directive by the Air Ministry.
• 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.

Facts about Yenişehir Airport (YEI):

• The closest airport to Yenişehir Airport (YEI) is Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of YEI.
• The furthest airport from Yenişehir Airport (YEI) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,204 miles (18,031 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Yenişehir Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Yenişehir 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.
• Yenişehir Airport (YEI) has 2 runways.