Nonstop flight route between Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,388 miles (or 7,061 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport and RAF Fairford, 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport and RAF Fairford. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP):

• As of July 2011, Toussaint Louverture serves as operating hub for scheduled domestic airlines Salsa d'Haiti and Tortug' Air.
• Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is Jacmel Airport (JAK), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of PAP.
• The main building of the airport works as the International Terminal.
• Because of Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussaint L'Ouverture International 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 furthest airport from Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,953 miles (19,236 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• The runway was completed in 1953, and served as a forward airbase for the first Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
• Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were temporarily assigned to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on rotation.
• RAF Fairford was constructed in 1944 to serve as an airfield for British and American troop carriers and gliders for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.
• The furthest airport from RAF Fairford (FFD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,898 miles (19,148 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
• RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.