Nonstop flight route between Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Covilhã, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Covilhã Airport (COV), Covilhã, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 951 miles (or 1,530 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 RAF Coningsby and Covilhã Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QCY / EGXC | 
| Airport Name: | RAF Coningsby | 
| Location: | Coningsby, England, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 53°5'35"N by 0°9'57"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence | 
| View all routes: | Routes from QCY | 
| More Information: | QCY Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | COV / LPCV | 
| Airport Name: | Covilhã Airport | 
| Location: | Covilhã, Portugal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°15'52"N by 7°28'48"W | 
| Elevation: | 1572 feet (479 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from COV | 
| More Information: | COV Maps & Info | 
Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):
- The base received its first jet aircraft — the English Electric Canberra — in 1953.
- The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
- The furthest airport from RAF Coningsby (QCY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,781 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Coningsby was the first airfield to receive the Phantoms, the Tornado ADV and was the first to receive its replacement, the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Facts about Covilhã Airport (COV):
- The closest airport to Covilhã Airport (COV) is Coimbra Airport (CBP), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) W of COV.
- Covilhã Airport (COV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Covilhã Airport (COV) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Covilhã Airport (meaning Covilhã Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.




