Nonstop flight route between Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom and Al Hoceima, Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom and Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU), Al Hoceima, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,131 miles (or 1,820 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 relatively short distance between Bristol Filton Airport and Cherif Al Idrissi Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):

• On 26 November 2003, Concorde 216 made the final ever Concorde flight from Heathrow, passing over the Bay of Biscay before making a low pass over Bristol and finally returning to Filton where it is now maintained on a temporary apron, although has not been open to the public as a visitor attraction since 2010.
• The closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
• The first flight of the Concorde 002 prototype took place on 9 April 1969 at Filton Aerodrome.
• Before WWII there was a belief that German bombers had insufficient range to reach Filton, however, the invasion of France by the Nazis in 1940 changed the situation.
• The company grew rapidly during WWI, building thousands of Bristol Fighters and other aircraft.
• After WW2, the concrete runway at Filton Aerodrome was extended westwards to enable the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner to take-off safely.
• During the late 1990s and up to 2010 Douglas DC8 and Boeing 747-200 aircraft flew regularly in and out of Filton, as at the time Filton was the maintenance base for MK Airlines.
• Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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.
• Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Filton's runway is one of the widest, at 91 m and is a considerable length at 2,467 m long, having been extended first for the maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon airliner in 1949 and again in the late 1960s for Concorde.
• In 1958 the aero engine interests of the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Armstrong Siddeley were amalgamated to form Bristol Siddeley Engines.
• The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".

Facts about Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU):

• Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cherif Al Idrissi Airport", another name for AHU is "مطار الشريف الإدريسي".
• The furthest airport from Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) is Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ), which is nearly antipodal to Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (meaning Cherif Al Idrissi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Great Barrier Aerodrome), and is located 12,354 miles (19,881 kilometers) away in Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) is Melilla Airport (MLN), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) E of AHU.