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Two idents. The distance, the track to steer as you leave, the cruise levels the semicircular rule offers, and roughly how long it takes in the sort of aircraft people fly here. No winds, because there is no wind model behind this and pretending otherwise would be worse than saying so. If you would rather be told where to go, say so below and it will pick something.

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EGBJEGVA

Gloucestershire Airport to RAF Fairford

Great circle distance
19nm
35 km
Track on departure
132°
heading south east
Track on arrival
132°
the same heading the whole way
Cruise levels
FL290
Eastbound, so odd levels
The solid line is the route. The faint one is the straight line on this projection, which is longer to fly and is what people expect the route to be.

Roughly how long

Still air, plus half an hour for the climb, the descent and the taxi at both ends. A real day is longer or shorter by whatever the wind is doing.

  • Light single120 kt39 min
  • Turboprop280 kt34 min
  • Narrow body450 kt33 min
  • Wide body490 kt32 min

Both ends

  • Gloucestershire AirportEGBJ · GLO · United KingdomLongest runway 08/26, 4,695 ft · elevation 101 ft
  • RAF FairfordEGVA · FFD · United KingdomLongest runway 09/27, 9,994 ft · elevation 286 ft

Halfway is 51.8°N 2.0°W, which on a long leg is further north than the map makes it look.

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