Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Yaoundé, Cameroon:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI), Yaoundé, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,376 miles (or 5,434 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 RAF Northolt and Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport, 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 RAF Northolt and Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NHT / EGWU |
| Airport Name: | RAF Northolt |
| Location: | Ruislip, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°33'11"N by 0°25'5"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from NHT |
| More Information: | NHT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NSI / FKYS |
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| Location: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°43'21"N by 11°33'11"E |
| Area Served: | Yaoundé |
| Operator/Owner: | Aéroports du Cameroun SA (ADC) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2278 feet (694 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NSI |
| More Information: | NSI Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):
- Attention was high again in 2001 when Ronnie Biggs, the seriously ill, fugitive Great Train Robber, was flown from Brazil to the airfield to be arrested by waiting police officers.
- Northolt became an active base during the Second World War for Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force squadrons in their defence of the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- An additional memorial to British, Polish, Australian and New Zealand aircrew killed during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in September 2010.
- Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
- Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.
Facts about Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI):
- Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport covers 3065 acres at an elevation of 694 m, this includes one passenger terminal, one cargo terminal and the 6 aircraft stands.
- Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport handled 208,973 passengers last year.
- Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (meaning Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,203 miles (19,638 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI) is Yaoundé Airport (YAO), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of NSI.
- In addition to being known as "Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport", another name for NSI is "Aéroport international de Yaoundé-Nsimalen".
- In 2004, the Nsimalen airport served 190,487 passengers in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.
