Nonstop flight route between Santiago del Estero, Argentina and Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina and Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,862 miles (or 11,044 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 Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport and Kinloss Barracks, 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 Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport and Kinloss Barracks. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE):

• The furthest airport from Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE) is Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN), which is nearly antipodal to Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (meaning Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nanchang Changbei International Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,890 kilometers) away in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
• The closest airport to Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE) is Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) NW of SDE.
• Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport", another name for SDE is "Aeropuerto de Santiago del Estero – Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés".
• Because of Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés 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.

Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• On 26 July 2012 at 1200 the RAF Ensign was lowered for the last time, and replaced by the flag of 39 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, to become Kinloss Barracks.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1992 Nimrod aircraft deployed to the Persian Gulf as an integral component of the coalition forces to recapture Kuwait.
• The wartime Avro Lancaster was adapted without great upheaval for anti-submarine and search and rescue duties and RAF Kinloss changed from a bomber training unit, to a Coastal Command base training maritime aircrew.
• The furthest airport from Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• In December 2009, the MOD announced the premature retirement of the Nimrod MR2 by March 2010 and that the introduction of the Nimrod MRA4 would be delayed to 2012.
• Not long after VE Day 19 OTU was disbanded and the arrival of 6 Coastal OTU saw the beginning of Kinloss's association with maritime operations, an association that continues to this day.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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.