Nonstop flight route between Maribor, Slovenia and Alconbury, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), Maribor, Slovenia and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 820 miles (or 1,320 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 Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX):

• The closest airport to Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Graz Airport (GRZ), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNW of MBX.
• Maribor Airport, which is close to the A1 and right next to the A4 motorway, is easily accessed by road.
• When Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia, the airport was regularly served by state airline JAT, connecting mainly Belgrade and the Croatian Adriatic coast.
• The furthest airport from Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,818 miles (19,019 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) has 2 runways.
• Because of Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport's relatively low elevation of 876 feet, planes can take off or land at Maribor Edvard Rusjan 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.
• In addition to being known as "Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport", another name for MBX is "Letališče Edvarda Rusjana Maribor".

Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• Royal Air Force Alconbury or RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in the United Kingdom, located in Huntingdon, England.
• The construction attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe as the flying field of RAF Alconbury was attacked by German bombers on 16 September 1940, although no serious damage was done.
• In October 1941 two of its flights with 16 Wellingtons were dispatched to operate from Malta, supposedly on an emergency detachment.
• Squadrons 15 and 40 converted from Battles to Bristol Blenheim bombers, but did not take part in bombing raids with the new type until the German Blitzkrieg was unleashed in May 1940.
• The commercial buildings and barracks were dispersed in nearby farmland to the south east of the airfield on the other side of the A14 highway.
• RAF Alconbury is about 0.308 sq mi in area.
• The furthest airport from RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,821 miles (19,024 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• After a minimal amount of construction, RAF Alconbury was tested in May 1938 when No.