Nonstop flight route between Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India and Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jodhpur Airport (JDH), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India and RAF Benson (BEX), Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,151 miles (or 6,680 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 Jodhpur Airport and RAF Benson, 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 Jodhpur Airport and RAF Benson. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JDH / VIJO |
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Location: | Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°15'3"N by 73°2'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 717 feet (219 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JDH |
More Information: | JDH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEX / EGUB |
Airport Name: | RAF Benson |
Location: | Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°36'59"N by 1°5'44"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BEX |
More Information: | BEX Maps & Info |
Facts about Jodhpur Airport (JDH):
- Jodhpur Airport (JDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Jodhpur Airport", another name for JDH is "जोधपुर हवाई अड्डे".
- Jodhpur airport's 12 acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5690 sq.mtrs, that is capable of handling 430 passengers per hour.
- Jodhpur's runway is oriented 05/23, is 2743 metres long and 45 metres wide.
- The furthest airport from Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jodhpur Airport (meaning Jodhpur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,749 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Jodhpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 717 feet, planes can take off or land at Jodhpur 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 closest airport to Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Udaipur Airport (UDR), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SSE of JDH.
Facts about RAF Benson (BEX):
- The furthest airport from RAF Benson (BEX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,879 miles (19,118 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to RAF Benson (BEX) is RAF High Wycombe (HYC), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of BEX.
- The Battles were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers.
- The King's Flight moved from RAF Hendon and would stay until after the war, moving to RAF Northolt in 1995.