Nonstop flight route between La Fria, Venezuela and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Fría Airport (LFR), La Fria, Venezuela and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,996 miles (or 8,040 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 La Fría Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 La Fría Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about La Fría Airport (LFR):

• La Fría Airport (LFR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of La Fría Airport's relatively low elevation of 323 feet, planes can take off or land at La Fría 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 La Fría Airport (LFR) is Camilo Daza International Airport (CUC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of LFR.
• The furthest airport from La Fría Airport (LFR) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is nearly antipodal to La Fría Airport (meaning La Fría Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cibeureum Airfield), and is located 12,366 miles (19,901 kilometers) away in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• After the Battle of Britain, the station remained a base for daytime fighter operations, with No.
• Much media attention focused on the airfield when the body of Diana, Princess of Wales, arrived there from Villacoublay airfield, in Paris, France, after her death in a car crash in the city on 31 August 1997.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• Thirty Allied airmen including servicemen from Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, Poland and the United Kingdom were killed flying from RAF Northolt during the Battle of Britain, of whom ten were Polish.
• In January 2012, it was reported that the future of station was under review by the Ministry of Defence as part of efforts to reduce defence spending.
• RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.