Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Mohanbari, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Dibrugarh Airport (MOH), Mohanbari, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,025 miles (or 8,088 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 Dibrugarh 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 Dibrugarh 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: | MOH / VEMN |
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Location: | Mohanbari, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°28'50"N by 95°1'18"E |
Area Served: | Entire Upper Assam and Eastern Part of Arunachal Pradesh |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Civilian airport/Indian Air Force (127 & 128 H |
Elevation: | 362 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MOH |
More Information: | MOH Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (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.
- 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.
- KC-135 and KC-10 tankers deployed to Fairford supported Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986.
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- 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.
- On 14 January 2004, the 420th Air Base Group was established at RAF Fairford to improve the control of its geographically separated units that had been aligned beneath the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall.
- Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft, which continued until 1977.
- RAF Fairford is also the home of the Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual air display.
Facts about Dibrugarh Airport (MOH):
- Dibrugarh Airport (MOH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Dibrugarh Airport's relatively low elevation of 362 feet, planes can take off or land at Dibrugarh 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 closest airport to Dibrugarh Airport (MOH) is Dibrugarh Airport (DIB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of MOH.
- In addition to being known as "Dibrugarh Airport", other names for MOH include "Mohanbari Airport", "ডিব্ৰুগড় বিমানবন্দৰ", "डिब्रूगढ़ एअरपोर्ट" and "DIB".
- The furthest airport from Dibrugarh Airport (MOH) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,586 miles (18,645 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.