Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Nadym Airport (NYM), Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,651 miles (or 4,266 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 Nadym 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 Nadym 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 |
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More Information: | BZZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NYM / USMM |
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Location: | Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°28'48"N by 72°42'11"E |
Area Served: | Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 49 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
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More Information: | NYM 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.
- Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010 ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, at which point Brize Norton became the sole air point of embarkation for British troops.
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- 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.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- 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 Nadym Airport (NYM):
- The furthest airport from Nadym Airport (NYM) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- The closest airport to Nadym Airport (NYM) is Novy Urengoy Airport (NUX), which is located 116 miles (186 kilometers) ENE of NYM.
- In addition to being known as "Nadym Airport", another name for NYM is "Аэропорт Надым".
- Nadym Airport (NYM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Nadym Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Nadym 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.