Nonstop flight route between Poznań, Poland and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), Poznań, Poland and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 790 miles (or 1,272 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport and RAF Fairford, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ):

• Because of Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,585 miles (18,645 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• According to Krzysztof Krawcewicz, a pilot and the editor-in-chief of the Polish monthly Przegląd Lotniczy/Aviation Revue, this was at least the seventh mistaken aircraft that landed at the Poznań–Krzesiny airfield in 2006 alone.
• The northern section has been used as a military airport since its inception in 1913 as an Imperial German airbase till 23 December 2009.
• Scheduled express bus L leaves from Poznań Central Station every half-hour to Poznań–Ławica Airport via Bałtyk.
• In addition to being known as "Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport", other names for POZ include "Port Lotniczy Poznań–Ławica im. Henryka Wieniawskiego" and "Poznań".
• The closest airport to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) WSW of POZ.
• Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.
• RAF Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when Nos.
• The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
• 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.
• 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.
• On 12 May 2005, USAFE activated the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, to provide support to its GSUs in the United Kingdom.
• Due to RAF Fairford's location and infrastructure, the airfield is designated as a forward operating location for the US Air Force.
• Due to the deteriorating airfield facilities and its unique NATO heavy bomber mission, RAF Fairford underwent a $100 million upgrade of its runway and fuel systems in the largest NATO funded airfield construction project within a NATO country since the end of the Cold War.