Nonstop flight route between Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY), Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,571 miles (or 10,575 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 Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport 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 Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport and RAF Fairford. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RVY / SURV |
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Location: | Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°58'27"S by 55°28'33"W |
Area Served: | Rivera |
Elevation: | 712 feet (217 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RVY |
More Information: | RVY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FFD / EGVA |
Airport Name: | RAF Fairford |
Location: | Fairford, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°40'55"N by 1°47'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from FFD |
More Information: | FFD Maps & Info |
Facts about Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY):
- The closest airport to Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY) is Tacuarembó Airport (TAW), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSW of RVY.
- In addition to being known as "Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport", another name for RVY is "Aeropuerto Internacional Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido".
- Because of Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport's relatively low elevation of 712 feet, planes can take off or land at Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International 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.
- Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (meaning Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,289 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- 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.
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.