Nonstop flight route between Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Yonago, Tottori, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Fairford (FFD), Fairford, England, United Kingdom and Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ), Yonago, Tottori, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,828 miles (or 9,380 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 Miho-Yonago 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 Miho-Yonago 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: | YGJ / RJOH |
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Location: | Yonago, Tottori, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°29'35"N by 133°14'21"E |
Area Served: | Yonago, Tottori, Japan |
Operator/Owner: | JASDF |
Airport Type: | Militayr/Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGJ |
More Information: | YGJ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Fairford (FFD):
- The closest airport to RAF Fairford (FFD) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ENE of FFD.
- On 15 September 2009, it was announced that the USAF will withdraw all their uniformed staff from the station by September 2010, after which it will be run on a "care and maintenance" basis.
- Operations staff and maintenance personnel were permanently assigned, but aircraft, aircrews and crew chiefs were temporarily assigned to the 11th Strategic Group for the European Tanker Task Force on rotation.
- 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.
- The runway was completed in 1953, and served as a forward airbase for the first Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
- RAF Fairford was the only TransOceanic Abort Landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK.
- 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 Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ):
- Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Miho-Yonago Airport (meaning Miho-Yonago Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,047 miles (19,388 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- The airport was built as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force airfield during World War II, and was attacked by USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers during July 1945.
- Because of Miho-Yonago Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Miho-Yonago 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 Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) is Izumo Airport (IZO), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) WSW of YGJ.
- The Japan Coast Guard established a base at Miho in 1978 and has operated Bell 212, Bell 412 and AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters and Bombardier DHC-8 fixed-wing aircraft there.
- In addition to being known as "Miho-Yonago Airport", another name for YGJ is "美保飛行場".