Nonstop flight route between Temuco, Araucanía, Chile and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maquehue Airport (ZCO), Temuco, Araucanía, Chile and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,602 miles (or 12,234 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 Maquehue Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Maquehue Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maquehue Airport (ZCO):

• In addition to being known as "Maquehue Airport", another name for ZCO is "Aeropuerto Maquehue".
• Maquehue Airport (ZCO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Maquehue Airport's relatively low elevation of 304 feet, planes can take off or land at Maquehue 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.
• The furthest airport from Maquehue Airport (ZCO) is Yinchuan Hedong International Airport (INC), which is nearly antipodal to Maquehue Airport (meaning Maquehue Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yinchuan Hedong International Airport), and is located 12,376 miles (19,917 kilometers) away in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
• The closest airport to Maquehue Airport (ZCO) is Victoria Airport (ZIC), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNE of ZCO.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.
• On 1 June 1960, an Avro Anson aircraft suffered engine failure soon after take-off from Northolt and crash-landed on top of the nearby Express Dairies plant in South Ruislip.
• The outbreak of the First World War necessitated a new aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Since 1 June 1998, station commanders have served as aides-de-camp to Her Majesty the Queen.
• Northolt became an active base during the Second World War for Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force squadrons in their defence of the United Kingdom.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• Construction of the new aerodrome, to be named "RFC Military School, Ruislip", began in January 1915.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.