Nonstop flight route between Amboseli, Kenya and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amboseli Airport (ASV), Amboseli, Kenya and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,390 miles (or 7,066 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 Amboseli Airport and RAF Brize Norton, 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 Amboseli Airport and RAF Brize Norton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Amboseli Airport (ASV):

• Amboseli Airport serves Amboseli National Park.
• The closest airport to Amboseli Airport (ASV) is Moshi Airport (QSI), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) S of ASV.
• The furthest airport from Amboseli Airport (ASV) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,542 miles (18,574 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Amboseli Airport is in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province, in Amboseli National Park, in south-central Kenya, close to the international border with the Republic of Tanzania.

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
• RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
• On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
• Following the Falklands War, the RAF found itself lacking in the strategic transport capabilities required to sustain the expanded military presence there.
• 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.