Nonstop flight route between Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Betoambari Airport (BUW), Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,939 miles (or 12,776 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 Betoambari 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 Betoambari 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 Betoambari Airport (BUW):

• Betoambari Airport (BUW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Betoambari Airport (BUW) is Washabo Airstrip (WSO), which is nearly antipodal to Betoambari Airport (meaning Betoambari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Washabo Airstrip), and is located 12,413 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Washabo, Suriname.
• In addition to being known as "Betoambari Airport", another name for BUW is "Bandara Betoambari".
• The closest airport to Betoambari Airport (BUW) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) N of BUW.
• Because of Betoambari Airport's relatively low elevation of 105 feet, planes can take off or land at Betoambari 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.

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
• RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
• On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
• Following the Falklands War, the RAF found itself lacking in the strategic transport capabilities required to sustain the expanded military presence there.
• The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• The station is home to Air Transport, Air-to-Air refuelling and Military Parachuting, with aircraft operating from the station including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager which replaced the now decommissioned Lockheed TriStar in March 2014.
• 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.