Nonstop flight route between Paris, Texas, United States and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cox FieldCox Army Airfield (PRX), Paris, Texas, United States and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,582 miles (or 7,374 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 Cox FieldCox Army Airfield 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 Cox FieldCox Army Airfield 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 Cox FieldCox Army Airfield (PRX):

• Cox FieldCox Army Airfield (PRX) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Cox FieldCox Army Airfield (PRX) is Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (HUJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) N of PRX.
• Airline flights began around 1951 and continued into the 1960s.
• The furthest airport from Cox FieldCox Army Airfield (PRX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,821 miles (17,414 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Cox FieldCox Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 547 feet, planes can take off or land at Cox FieldCox Army Airfield 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 airport opened in August 1943 as Cox Army Airfield and was used by Second Air Force, United States Army Air Forces.

Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):

• KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
• RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.
• On 14 January 2004, the 420th Air Base Group was established at RAF Fairford to improve the control of its geographically separated units that had been aligned beneath the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.
• 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.
• In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
• 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 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.