Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Kamalpur, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Kamalpur Airport (IXQ), Kamalpur, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,064 miles (or 8,149 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 Kamalpur 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 Kamalpur 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: | IXQ / VEKM |
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Location: | Kamalpur, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°7'54"N by 91°48'51"E |
Area Served: | Kamalpur |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 131 feet (40 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IXQ |
More Information: | IXQ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
- 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.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- Following the Falklands War, the RAF found itself lacking in the strategic transport capabilities required to sustain the expanded military presence there.
- RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
- By the 1950s Cold War tension was escalating and the United States envisaged stationing nuclear bombers in the United Kingdom as a deterrent to Soviet aggression.
Facts about Kamalpur Airport (IXQ):
- The furthest airport from Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
- In addition to being known as "Kamalpur Airport", other names for IXQ include "कमालपुर हवाई अड्डे" and "KAMALPUR".
- Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kamalpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Kamalpur 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 Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) is Khowai Airport (IXN), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of IXQ.