Nonstop flight route between Loja, Ecuador and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH), Loja, Ecuador and RAF High Wycombe (HYC), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,949 miles (or 9,575 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 Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport and RAF High Wycombe, 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 Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport and RAF High Wycombe. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH):

• Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) is Sitiawan Airport (SWY), which is nearly antipodal to Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (meaning Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sitiawan Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in Perak, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) is José María Velasco Ibarra Airport (MRR), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SW of LOH.
• Because of Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport's high elevation of 4,056 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LOH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LOH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

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 Ministry of Defence and Serco Group agreed a ten-year contract in February 2010 whereby Serco would provide support services at RAF High Wycombe and RAF Halton, including leisure services, general engineering and catering.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF High Wycombe (HYC) is RAF Benson (BEX), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of HYC.
• RAF High Wycombe is situated roughly three miles from the town of High Wycombe over three sites - No 1 Site houses the Command HQ and the Combined Air Operations Centre, No 2 Site houses the officers' mess, while No 3 site is the domestic site, airmen and NCO's quarters, MT yard, PT flight and Supply Flight.
• In 1958, Headquarters, 7th Air Division of the Strategic Air Command, supporting SAC operations in UK relocated to High Wycombe from RAF South Ruislip, and commanded all SAC operations until 1965.