Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Isfahan, Iran:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Isfahan International Airport (IFN), Isfahan, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,950 miles (or 4,748 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 Brize Norton and Isfahan International 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 Brize Norton and Isfahan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IFN / OIFM |
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Location: | Isfahan, Iran |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°45'2"N by 51°51'39"E |
Area Served: | Isfahan |
Operator/Owner: | Military of Iran |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 5059 feet (1,542 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from IFN |
More Information: | IFN Maps & Info |
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.
- A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
- By 1950 the USAF Strategic Air Command was based at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, and RAF Sculthorpe.
- 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.
- RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
- Following the Falklands War, the RAF found itself lacking in the strategic transport capabilities required to sustain the expanded military presence there.
- 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.
Facts about Isfahan International Airport (IFN):
- In addition to being known as "Isfahan International Airport", another name for IFN is "Esfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport".
- The furthest airport from Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,653 miles (18,753 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- Isfahan International Airport handled 2,103,633 passengers last year.
- Isfahan International Airport (IFN) has 2 runways.
- Because of Isfahan International Airport's high elevation of 5,059 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IFN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IFN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Shahrekord International Airport (CQD), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) WSW of IFN.