Nonstop flight route between Innsbruck, Austria and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Innsbruck Airport (INN), Innsbruck, Austria and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 663 miles (or 1,067 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 Innsbruck Airport and RAF Fairford, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Innsbruck Airport (INN):

• The closest airport to Innsbruck Airport (INN) is Bolzano Airport (BZO), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) S of INN.
• Innsbruck Airport, also Kranebitten Airport, is the largest international airport in Tyrol in western Austria.
• In addition to being known as "Innsbruck Airport", another name for INN is "Flughafen Innsbruck".
• Innsbruck Airport (INN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Innsbruck Airport is well known for having a difficult approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport.
• The furthest airport from Innsbruck Airport (INN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,991 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• On 12 May 2005, USAFE activated the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, to provide support to its GSUs in the United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• RAF Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.
• On 14 January 2004, the 420th Air Base Group was established at RAF Fairford to improve the control of its geographically separated units that had been aligned beneath the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.
• Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
• 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.
• 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.