Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Dammam, Saudi Arabia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Dammam, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,171 miles (or 5,104 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 King Fahd International 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 King Fahd International 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: | DMM / OEDF |
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Location: | Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°28'15"N by 49°47'52"E |
Area Served: | Eastern Province |
Operator/Owner: | General Authority of Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 72 feet (22 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DMM |
More Information: | DMM Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- With the closure of RAF Lyneham taking place in late 2011, the repatriation of British personnel was relocated to Brize Norton on 8 September 2011.
- 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.
- On 12 August 2006, campaigners restricted access at the main entrance for several hours in a protest against British policy in the Middle East.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
Facts about King Fahd International Airport (DMM):
- King Fahd International Airport (DMM) has 2 runways.
- The terminal has six stories, three of which are allocated for passenger processing.
- King Fahd International Airport handled 7,000,000 passengers last year.
- The airport is served by a multi-storey car park.
- Because of King Fahd International Airport's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at King Fahd International 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 furthest airport from King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Fahd International Airport (meaning King Fahd International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,061 miles (19,411 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The control tower stands 85.5 meters high, equivalent to the height of a 30-story building.
- The closest airport to King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is King Abdulaziz Air Base (DHA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DMM.
- The airport has two parallel runways with a length of 4,000 m each, in addition to taxiways parallel to the runways and a cross taxiway to connect the two runways.
- In addition to being known as "King Fahd International Airport", other names for DMM include "Dammam Airport" and "مطار الملك فهد الدولي".