Nonstop flight route between Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ), Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,961 miles (or 12,812 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 Perito Moreno Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Perito Moreno Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ):

• Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) is Chile Chico Airfield (CCH), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) W of PMQ.
• The furthest airport from Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) is Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN), which is nearly antipodal to Perito Moreno Airport (meaning Perito Moreno Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chinggis Khaan International Airport), and is located 12,298 miles (19,791 kilometers) away in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
• In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• 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.
• On 1 June 1960, an Avro Anson aircraft suffered engine failure soon after take-off from Northolt and crash-landed on top of the nearby Express Dairies plant in South Ruislip.
• Since 1 June 1998, station commanders have served as aides-de-camp to Her Majesty the Queen.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of 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.