Nonstop flight route between Oum Hadjer, Chad and Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM), Oum Hadjer, Chad and RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,762 miles (or 4,446 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 Oum-Hadjer Airport and RAF Ascension, 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 Oum-Hadjer Airport and RAF Ascension. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM):

• In addition to being known as "Oum-Hadjer Airport", another name for OUM is "Oum-Hadjer Airport (Oum-Hadjer)".
• The closest airport to Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) is Abéché Airport (AEH), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ENE of OUM.
• The furthest airport from Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Oum-Hadjer Airport (meaning Oum-Hadjer Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):

• RAF Ascension Island was re-garrisoned by the RAF in 1982 and used extensively as a staging base during the Falklands War.
• The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
• The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.
• Wideawake Airfield was a US installation built in 1943 by arrangement with the British government.
• RAF Ascension Island is also the refuelling point for the Ministry of Defence's South Atlantic Air Bridge flights to RAF Mount Pleasant, on the Falkland Islands, from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, in the UK.
• The RAF presence on Ascension is backed up by United States Air Force personnel, who contribute a similar number of service personnel to ensure the effective running of the station, under the command of Captain Eduard Rodriguez, who is responsible to the RAF Station Commander.
• RAF Ascension, more commonly known as RAF Ascension Island, and sometimes known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Base, is a British Royal Air Force station on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".