Nonstop flight route between Quoin Hill, Vanuatu and Santa Rosa, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), Quoin Hill, Vanuatu and Santa Rosa Airport (RSA), Santa Rosa, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,985 miles (or 14,460 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 Quoin Hill Airfield and Santa Rosa 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 Quoin Hill Airfield and Santa Rosa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UIQ / NVVQ |
Airport Name: | Quoin Hill Airfield |
Location: | Quoin Hill, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°32'23"N by 168°26'31"E |
View all routes: | Routes from UIQ |
More Information: | UIQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RSA / SAZR |
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Location: | Santa Rosa, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°35'30"S by 64°16'45"W |
Area Served: | Santa Rosa, La Pampa |
Operator/Owner: | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 630 feet (192 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RSA |
More Information: | RSA Maps & Info |
Facts about Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ):
- A site was chosen for a bomber airfield and in October the Seebees started constructing a 6,000 feet by 200 feet runway which was completed by the middle of January 1943.
- The closest airport to Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ) is Wake Island Airfield (AWK), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) NW of UIQ.
- The base was defended by the 198th Coast Artillery.
- Quoin Hill Airfield was an airfield in North Efate, in Vanuatu.
- Investigations took place in the late 1980s as to whether Quoin Hill could be used as an alternate for Bauerfield International Airport, but this never came to fruition.
- The furthest airport from Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,749 miles (18,907 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- On 25 March 1942, the Army sent about 500 men to Efate from Noumea, and the 4th Defense Battalion, 45th Marines, arrived on 8 April.
Facts about Santa Rosa Airport (RSA):
- The furthest airport from Santa Rosa Airport (RSA) is Handan Airport (HDG), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Rosa Airport (meaning Santa Rosa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Handan Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Handan, Hebei, China.
- It was previously a destination of LADE, LAER, and Southern Winds.
- The closest airport to Santa Rosa Airport (RSA) is General Pico Airport (GPO), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) NNE of RSA.
- Because of Santa Rosa Airport's relatively low elevation of 630 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Rosa 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.
- Santa Rosa Airport (RSA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Rosa Airport", another name for RSA is "Aeropuerto de Santa Rosa".