Nonstop flight route between Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ouahigouya Airport (OUG), Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,659 miles (or 4,279 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 Ouahigouya Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, 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 Ouahigouya Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OUG / DFCC |
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Location: | Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°33'46"N by 2°25'23"W |
Area Served: | Ouahigouya |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1102 feet (336 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OUG |
More Information: | OUG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WXF / EGVT |
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Location: | Braintree, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°58'26"N by 0°30'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military airfield, private airfield |
Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from WXF |
More Information: | WXF Maps & Info |
Facts about Ouahigouya Airport (OUG):
- In addition to being known as "Ouahigouya Airport", another name for OUG is "Ouahigouya Airport (Ouahigouya)".
- The closest airport to Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) is Tougan Airport (TUQ), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SW of OUG.
- The furthest airport from Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Ouahigouya Airport (meaning Ouahigouya Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,216 miles (19,660 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
- Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):
- The 20th began realigning its units 15 March 1957 as part of an Air Force worldwide reorganization.
- MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
- The fighter squadrons of the 20th had been in constant rotation since the arrival of the wing at Wethersfield in 1952.
- The 819th, along with the 2166th Communications Squadron, were the main units at Wethersfeld until the USAF returned the base to the British in 1990 due to budget cutbacks.
- On 21 September the 416th moved to their Advanced Landing Ground at Melun/Villaroche France.
- During the late 1940s the base was used as a winter camping ground for Chipperfield's Circus.
- Starting in July 1966, bases in Turkey, Spain, and Italy were transferred from Tactical Air Command to USAFE.
- In 1978 the British and American Governments agreed to establish a Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers unit in the UK.
- MDPGA Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about 6 mi north-west of the town of Braintree.
- The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
- Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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 MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.