Nonstop flight route between Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Coningsby (QCY), Coningsby, England, United Kingdom and Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN), Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,929 miles (or 9,541 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 RAF Coningsby and Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport, 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 RAF Coningsby and Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | JJN / ZSQZ |
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Location: | Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°47'56"N by 118°35'21"E |
Area Served: | Quanzhou, Fujian, China |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JJN |
More Information: | JJN Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Coningsby (QCY):
- The Phantom's role changed to air defence in October 1974 when the base joined 11 Group in RAF Strike Command, when the SEPECAT Jaguar took over the ground attack role.
- The station is also home to No.
- Coningsby was the first airfield to receive the Phantoms, the Tornado ADV and was the first to receive its replacement, the Eurofighter Typhoon.
- The BBMF is accessed via a separate side entrance, with a car park, to the west of the airfield.
- RAF Coningsby was opened in 1940 as a bomber station.No.
- Following the Second World War, it had the Mosquito-equipped 109 Sqn and 139 Sqn, then became part of 3 Group, with Boeing Washington aircraft from 1950.
- Royal Air Force Coningsby or more simply RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station located 8.5 miles south west of Horncastle, Lincolnshire and 9.8 miles north west of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
- The RAF Coningsby structure as of October 2010
- The closest airport to RAF Coningsby (QCY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of QCY.
- Also based at Coningsby is the RAF's Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit, a merger of the Strike/Attack OEU, the Tornado F.3 OEU and the Air-Guided Weapons OEU.
- 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.
Facts about Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN):
- Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport", other names for JJN include "泉州晋江机场" and "Quánzhōu Jìnjiāng Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (meaning Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,240 miles (19,698 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
- The closest airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) is Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSW of JJN.