Nonstop flight route between Kajaani, Finland and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kajaani Airport (KAJ), Kajaani, Finland and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,366 miles (or 2,198 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 Kajaani 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 Kajaani Airport (KAJ):

• The furthest airport from Kajaani Airport (KAJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,739 miles (17,283 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Kajaani Airport's relatively low elevation of 483 feet, planes can take off or land at Kajaani 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 Kajaani Airport (KAJ) is Oulu Airport (OUL), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) NW of KAJ.
• Kajaani Airport handled 74,558 passengers last year.
• Kajaani Airport (KAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kajaani Airport", another name for KAJ is "Kajaanin lentoasema".

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• Due to RAF Fairford's location and infrastructure, the airfield is designated as a forward operating location for the US Air Force.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
• RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
• The runway was completed in 1953, and served as a forward airbase for the first Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
• 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.