Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Jordan, Montana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Jordan Airport (JDN), Jordan, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,295 miles (or 6,912 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 RAF Fairford and Jordan Airport, 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 RAF Fairford and Jordan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JDN / KJDN |
Airport Name: | Jordan Airport |
Location: | Jordan, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°19'44"N by 106°57'10"W |
Area Served: | Jordan, Montana |
Operator/Owner: | Garfield County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2662 feet (811 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JDN |
More Information: | JDN Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.
- On 12 May 2005, USAFE activated the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Alconbury, to provide support to its GSUs in the United Kingdom.
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- 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 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.
- KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
- In the early years of the Cold War the British and American governments reached an agreement under which elements of the USAF Strategic Air Command would be based in the UK.
Facts about Jordan Airport (JDN):
- The closest airport to Jordan Airport (JDN) is Glasgow International Airport (GGW), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NNE of JDN.
- The furthest airport from Jordan Airport (JDN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,455 miles (16,826 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Jordan Airport (JDN) currently has only 1 runway.