Nonstop flight route between Rzeszów, Poland and Fairford, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE), Rzeszów, Poland and RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,039 miles (or 1,671 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 Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport and RAF Fairford, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RZE / EPRZ |
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| Location: | Rzeszów, Poland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'35"N by 22°1'8"E |
| Area Served: | Rzeszów, Poland |
| Operator/Owner: | Spolka Port Lotniczy "Rzeszow-Jasionka" sp. z o. o. |
| Airport Type: | public |
| Elevation: | 690 feet (210 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RZE |
| More Information: | RZE 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 Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE):
- The closest airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE) is Lublin Airport (LUZ), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) NNE of RZE.
- Because of Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport's relatively low elevation of 690 feet, planes can take off or land at Rzeszów–Jasionka 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.
- In addition to being known as "Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport", other names for RZE include "Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka" and "Rzeszów".
- Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village 10 km from the center of the city of Rzeszów.
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
- In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the airfield was transferred to the U.S.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
