Nonstop flight route between Guatemala City, Guatemala and Grimsby, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between La Aurora International Airport (GUA), Guatemala City, Guatemala and RAF Binbrook (GSY), Grimsby, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,425 miles (or 8,731 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 La Aurora International Airport and RAF Binbrook, 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 La Aurora International Airport and RAF Binbrook. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUA / MGGT |
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Location: | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°34'54"N by 90°31'36"W |
Area Served: | Guatemala City |
Operator/Owner: | Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 4951 feet (1,509 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUA |
More Information: | GUA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSY / EGXB |
Airport Name: | RAF Binbrook |
Location: | Grimsby, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°26'44"N by 0°12'32"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GSY |
More Information: | GSY Maps & Info |
Facts about La Aurora International Airport (GUA):
- On 1 March 1980, a Douglas C-47 of the Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca was damaged beyond repair near La Aurora.
- The furthest airport from La Aurora International Airport (GUA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- La Aurora International Airport is the primary airport of Guatemala.
- In addition to being known as "La Aurora International Airport", another name for GUA is "Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora".
- La Aurora International Airport handled 1,970,618 passengers last year.
- La Aurora International Airport (GUA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Halls of the North Councourse
- The closest airport to La Aurora International Airport (GUA) is Quiché Airport (AQB), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of GUA.
- Cargo operations are handled beside the passenger terminal building by COMBEX-IM or in the DHL hangars.
- Because of La Aurora International Airport's high elevation of 4,951 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- On 6 April 1993, TACA Airlines Boeing 767 ran off the end of runway 19 after landing.
Facts about RAF Binbrook (GSY):
- The furthest airport from RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Humberside Airport (HUY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of GSY.
- RAF Binbrook (GSY) has 3 runways.
- On 8 September 1970, Captain William Schaffner, an American exchange pilot flying BAC Lightnings with 5 Squadron, took off from Binbrook in the plane XS894 at 22:06, armed with two Red Top air-to-air missiles.
- In the mid 90s, Lincolnshire Police and Humberside Police used the site to teach riot control techniques to its Police Officers.