Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ), Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,167 miles (or 5,097 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 RAF Brize Norton and Turkmenabat 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 RAF Brize Norton and Turkmenabat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BZZ / EGVN |
| Airport Name: | RAF Brize Norton |
| Location: | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°45'0"N by 1°35'0"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from BZZ |
| More Information: | BZZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRZ / UTAV |
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| Location: | Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°4'59"N by 63°36'47"E |
| Elevation: | 630 feet (192 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CRZ |
| More Information: | CRZ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
- By the 1950s Cold War tension was escalating and the United States envisaged stationing nuclear bombers in the United Kingdom as a deterrent to Soviet aggression.
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
- 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.
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
- On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
Facts about Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ):
- In 2013 started the construction of a new airport complex.
- Because of Turkmenabat Airport's relatively low elevation of 630 feet, planes can take off or land at Turkmenabat 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 Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ) is Bukhara International Airport (BHK), which is located 67 miles (107 kilometers) NE of CRZ.
- The airport offers four daily nonstop flights to Ashgabat.
- Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,521 miles (18,541 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Turkmenabat Airport", another name for CRZ is "Türkmenabat Aeroporty".
