Nonstop flight route between Graz, Austria and Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Graz Airport (GRZ), Graz, Austria and RAF Lyneham (LYE), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 843 miles (or 1,357 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 Graz Airport and RAF Lyneham, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRZ / LOWG |
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Location: | Graz, Austria |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°59'35"N by 15°26'21"E |
Area Served: | Graz, Austria and Maribor, Slovenia |
Operator/Owner: | Grazer Stadwerke AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1115 feet (340 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRZ |
More Information: | GRZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LYE / EGDL |
Airport Name: | RAF Lyneham |
Location: | Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°30'19"N by 1°59'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 512 feet (156 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LYE |
More Information: | LYE Maps & Info |
Facts about Graz Airport (GRZ):
- In addition to being known as "Graz Airport", another name for GRZ is "Flughafen Graz".
- Graz Airport, known as Flughafen Graz-Thalerhof in German, is a minor international airport in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria.
- After the end of the Second World War, however, Austria was forbidden to possess an aviation fleet, either military or civil.
- The construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars.
- The furthest airport from Graz Airport (GRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Graz Airport (GRZ) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Graz Airport (GRZ) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSE of GRZ.
- The airport is within walking distance of Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen railway station, which lies on the Graz to Spielfeld-Straß line.
Facts about RAF Lyneham (LYE):
- The station closed on 31 December 2012 with the majority of its personnel and other assets having moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- RAF Lyneham (LYE) has 2 runways.
- On 16 October 1946, 511 squadron was formed again as an Avro York operator.
- Because of RAF Lyneham's relatively low elevation of 512 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Lyneham 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 RAF Lyneham (LYE) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of LYE.
- On 14 October 1942, 511 squadron was formed from No.
- From 1958 Lyneham became one of the 18 Stations designated as dispersal airfields for the RAF's nuclear deterrent V bomber Force.
- The furthest airport from RAF Lyneham (LYE) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.