Nonstop flight route between Enid, Oklahoma, United States and Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG), Enid, Oklahoma, United States and RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,181 miles (or 9,947 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 Enid Woodring Regional Airport and RAF Ascension, 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 Enid Woodring Regional Airport and RAF Ascension. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG):

• Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,818 miles (17,410 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, the airport had 36,000 aircraft operations, an average of 98 per day:53% military, 46% general aviation, and 2% air taxi.
• Enid Woodring Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Enid, a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.
• The closest airport to Enid Woodring Regional Airport (WDG) is Vance Air Force Base (END), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of WDG.
• Scheduled passenger flights on Great Lakes Airlines to Denver and Liberal were discontinued in August 2006.

Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):

• RAF Ascension, more commonly known as RAF Ascension Island, and sometimes known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Base, is a British Royal Air Force station on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
• In 1939 Ascension became important as a HF/DF radio station covering trade routes.
• The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
• The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.
• RAF Ascension Island was re-garrisoned by the RAF in 1982 and used extensively as a staging base during the Falklands War.
• The station comes under the overall jurisdiction of the Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, an officer of one-star rank.