Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Reno, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO), Reno, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,120 miles (or 8,240 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 Reno–Tahoe 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 Reno–Tahoe 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: | RNO / KRNO |
Airport Name: | Reno–Tahoe International Airport |
Location: | Reno, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°29'57"N by 119°46'5"W |
Area Served: | Reno, Nevada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4415 feet (1,346 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RNO |
More Information: | RNO Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- In 1970 two squadrons 99 Squadron and 511 Squadron operating the Bristol Britannia moved from RAF Lyneham.
- To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- 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 Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO):
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport handled 3,431,986 passengers last year.
- The airport celebrated 75 years of service in November 2003.
- Both routes operates only on weekdays.
- In the fall of 2010, the airport opened a new 200-foot ATCT replacing the old control tower for more than 50 years.
- The passenger terminal is named after the late US Senator Howard Cannon.
- Because of Reno–Tahoe International Airport's high elevation of 4,415 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at RNO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make RNO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is Carson Airport (CSN), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of RNO.
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,175 miles (17,984 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.