Nonstop flight route between Oxnard, California, United States and Bordeaux / Mérignac, France:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from OXR to BOD:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- OXR Airport Information
- BOD Airport Information
- Facts about OXR
- Facts about BOD
- Map of Nearest Airports to OXR
- List of Nearest Airports to OXR
- Map of Furthest Airports from OXR
- List of Furthest Airports from OXR
- Map of Nearest Airports to BOD
- List of Nearest Airports to BOD
- Map of Furthest Airports from BOD
- List of Furthest Airports from BOD
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Oxnard Airport (OXR), Oxnard, California, United States and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,756 miles (or 9,264 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 Oxnard Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac 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 Oxnard Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OXR / KOXR |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Oxnard, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°12'2"N by 119°12'25"W |
Area Served: | Oxnard, California |
Operator/Owner: | County of Ventura |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 45 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OXR |
More Information: | OXR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOD / LFBD |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Bordeaux / Mérignac, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'41"N by 0°42'56"W |
Area Served: | Bordeaux, France |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOD |
More Information: | BOD Maps & Info |
Facts about Oxnard Airport (OXR):
- Scheduled airline flights started in 1946 on Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s.
- Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 15,961 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 12,060 in 2009 and 4,074 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Oxnard Airport (OXR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In addition to being known as "Oxnard Airport", another name for OXR is "Ventura County Army Airfield".
- Because of Oxnard Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Oxnard 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 Oxnard Airport (OXR) is Naval Air Station Point Mugu (NTD), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of OXR.
- Oxnard Airport (OXR) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):
- In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
- After the war Air France resumed commercial operations out of Mérignac and the re-established French Air Force returned to use the facility.
- The closest airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BOD.
- As a consequence of the temporary closure of the Cazaux military base, the civil authorities have been forced to share the runway with the French Army since November 2005.
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.
- During the early years of the Cold War, Bordeaux-Mérignac was a front-line NATO facility for the United States Air Forces in Europe.
- In 1951 Mérignac was turned over to NATO for use by the United States Air Force.
- The furthest airport from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (meaning Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,215 miles (19,658 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Bordeaux-Mérignac 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 airport is accessible by car via the A630 autoroute.
- On 1 October 1958, Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base was closed to reduce USAFE expenses and manpower.