Nonstop flight route between Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Jönköping, Sweden:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rochester Airport (RCS), Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Jönköping Airport (JKG), Jönköping, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 699 miles (or 1,125 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 Rochester Airport and Jönköping Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCS / EGTO |
| Airport Name: | Rochester Airport |
| Location: | Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°21'6"N by 0°30'10"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Rochester Airport Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 426 feet (130 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RCS |
| More Information: | RCS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JKG / ESGJ |
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| Location: | Jönköping, Sweden |
| GPS Coordinates: | 57°45'29"N by 14°4'18"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Swedish Civil Aviation Administration |
| Airport Type: | Public (Luftfartsverket) |
| Elevation: | 741 feet (226 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JKG |
| More Information: | JKG Maps & Info |
Facts about Rochester Airport (RCS):
- Rochester City Council compulsory purchased the land at Rochester Airfield in September 1933 from the landowner as the site for a municipal airport.
- Shorts concentrated their work in Belfast, leaving the Medway towns in 1946.
- Because of Rochester Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Rochester 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.
- Rochester Airport is an operational general aviation aerodrome located 1.5 nautical miles south of Rochester, Medway, South East England, with the River Medway 1.5 NM from the end of runway 34, 3.4 mi from Chatham and its Historic Dockyard and the Medway area.
- The furthest airport from Rochester Airport (RCS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,897 miles (19,146 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Rochester Airport (RCS) has 3 runways.
- In 1934-5 Short Brothers took over the Rochester Airport site when they moved some of their personnel from the existing seaplane works.
- In 2013 the Conservative led Medway Council announced there wish for some of the airport land to be separated off and developed for Industrial use.
- In 1938, No 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School came to Rochester.
- The closest airport to Rochester Airport (RCS) is London Southend Airport (SEN), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NNE of RCS.
Facts about Jönköping Airport (JKG):
- Länstrafiken buses departs in connection to some flights.
- Jönköping Airport (JKG) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Jönköping Airport (JKG) is Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NNW of JKG.
- In addition to being known as "Jönköping Airport", another name for JKG is "Jönköping flygplats".
- The furthest airport from Jönköping Airport (JKG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,372 miles (18,301 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Jönköping Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Jönköping 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.
