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Dude~
3rd Apr 2003, 19:46
Any one knwo a decent on line didstance finder? I used to know a good one but can no longer find it.

I only need to know the didtance from East Midlands airport to Guernsey.

Ta

Don D Cake
3rd Apr 2003, 19:58
Will this help?

http://www.airways.com/java/coordcalc.html

:)

knobbygb
3rd Apr 2003, 20:14
This Great Circle Mapper (http://gc.kls2.com) works well for distances between airports with 3 letter IATA codes. Not as much detail as the one above but handy if you don't know the co-ordinates.

Dude~
3rd Apr 2003, 20:23
Thanks, but how do I get the IACO code or coordinates for Guernsey?!

FlyingForFun
3rd Apr 2003, 20:48
I've always used this site (http://www.indo.com/distance/), which is pretty good, but not specific to aviation. Will have to try out some of the other suggestions!

FFF
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Chilli Monster
3rd Apr 2003, 20:49
Look in a Pooleys / Bottlang / Jeppesen / UK AIP / etc etc etc .... ;)

Guernsey: EGJB - N49 26.1 W002 36.1

Genghis the Engineer
3rd Apr 2003, 20:51
Well you could put a ruler on a chart !

Or ask a nice man like me who has a copy of Navbox on his desktop.

That gives me 209.4nm on 193 true track.

Not all that cheap at £70, but worth every penny nonetheless.

G

Cahlibahn
3rd Apr 2003, 20:53
Try 492605.84N 0023607.09W.
ICAO code EGJB
IATA code GCI

Dude~
3rd Apr 2003, 22:24
Thanks Cahlibahn,

Oh yeah man, why didnt I think of looking in my flight bag Chill Geng
:eek:

Genghis the Engineer
4th Apr 2003, 06:12
Just trying to be helpful old chap.

Seriously, I do recommend Navbox, but I'd spend the extra money and have the pro version if you do, it's worth having.

G

Sultan Ismail
4th Apr 2003, 08:12
Distance Finder

Dude~

I can recommend this site (http://www.landings.com/) for your flight planning, it has a worldwide database and can ID your airport using many parameters. Its the section at top right.

Good luck

Sultan Ismail


Just tried it out.

The distance is 209.4 nms

Initial heading is 193.8 (T)

And it does not cost a penny/pence, help yourself!

Dude~
4th Apr 2003, 14:43
Thanks a lot ismail, that's the one I used to use - ages ago!

Cheers, and excue the sarcasm, bad day at work...