Nonstop flight route between Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Batajnica, Serbia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Benson (BEX), Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Batajnica Airbase (BJY), Batajnica, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,080 miles (or 1,738 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 RAF Benson and Batajnica Airbase, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEX / EGUB | 
| Airport Name: | RAF Benson | 
| Location: | Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°36'59"N by 1°5'44"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BEX | 
| More Information: | BEX Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BJY / LYBT | 
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| Location: | Batajnica, Serbia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°56'7"N by 20°15'27"E | 
| Area Served: | Belgrade | 
| Operator/Owner: | Serbian Air Force | 
| Airport Type: | Military | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BJY | 
| More Information: | BJY Maps & Info | 
Facts about RAF Benson (BEX):
- The King's Flight moved from RAF Hendon and would stay until after the war, moving to RAF Northolt in 1995.
 - The furthest airport from RAF Benson (BEX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,879 miles (19,118 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
 - Its Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito aircraft flew missions over occupied Europe, for example bringing back battle damage assessment pictures after Operation Chastise.
 - The Battles were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers.
 - The closest airport to RAF Benson (BEX) is RAF High Wycombe (HYC), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of BEX.
 
Facts about Batajnica Airbase (BJY):
- Batajnica Airbase (BJY) currently has only 1 runway.
 - Batajnica Airbase is a military airbase in Serbia.
 - The furthest airport from Batajnica Airbase (BJY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,609 miles (18,683 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - The closest airport to Batajnica Airbase (BJY) is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSE of BJY.
 - During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the airbase was heavily bombed for 25 days and sustaining heavy damage.
 - In addition to being known as "Batajnica Airbase", other names for BJY include "Aerodrom Batajnica" and "Аеродром Батајница".
 
