Nonstop flight route between Austin, Nevada, United States and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Austin Airport (ASQ), Austin, Nevada, United States and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,043 miles (or 8,116 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 Austin Airport and RAF Brize Norton, 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 Austin Airport and RAF Brize Norton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASQ / |
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Location: | Austin, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°28'5"N by 117°11'51"W |
Area Served: | Austin, Nevada |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5735 feet (1,748 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ASQ |
More Information: | ASQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BZZ / EGVN |
Airport Name: | RAF Brize Norton |
Location: | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°45'0"N by 1°35'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BZZ |
More Information: | BZZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Austin Airport (ASQ):
- In addition to being known as "Austin Airport", other names for ASQ include "KTMT" and "TMT".
- The furthest airport from Austin Airport (ASQ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,109 miles (17,879 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Austin Airport (ASQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Austin Airport's high elevation of 5,735 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Austin Airport (ASQ) is Gabbs Airport (GAB), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SW of ASQ.
- Austin Airport covers an area of 1,205 acres at an elevation of 5,735 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
- Like many UK military bases RAF Brize Norton has been subject to limited protests by peace demonstrators.
- 101 Squadron reformed at Brize Norton on 1 May 1984, it previously operated the Avro Vulcan and participated in the Operation Black Buck missions of the Falklands War.
- The furthest airport from RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,888 miles (19,132 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 65 mi west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force.