Nonstop flight route between Villa Garzón, Colombia and Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ), Villa Garzón, Colombia and RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,508 miles (or 8,864 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 Villa Garzón Airport and RAF Lyneham, 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 Villa Garzón Airport and RAF Lyneham. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ):

• The closest airport to Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ) is Tres de Mayo Airport (PUU), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SSE of VGZ.
• The furthest airport from Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ) is Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), which is nearly antipodal to Villa Garzón Airport (meaning Villa Garzón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Thaha Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Jambi, Indonesia.
• Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):

• In 1956, with the arrival of the de Havilland Comet operated by 216 Squadron, the main runway was extended from 6,000 feet to its present length of 7,830 feet.
• RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• A ceremony, attended by the Prime Minister David Cameron, was held at RAF Brize Norton on 31 August 2011 to mark the formal transfer the role of repatriations from RAF Lyneham.
• Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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.
• A single enemy aircraft attacked the station on 19 September 1940, dropping an incendiary and two high explosive bombs before strafing part of the airfield.