Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and East Farmingdale, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Republic Airport (FRG), East Farmingdale, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,372 miles (or 5,426 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 Republic 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 Republic 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 |
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More Information: | BZZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRG / KFRG |
Airport Name: | Republic Airport |
Location: | East Farmingdale, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°43'44"N by 73°24'47"W |
Area Served: | Long Island |
Operator/Owner: | New York State Department of Transportation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 80 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRG |
More Information: | FRG Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 65 mi west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force.
- By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- 101 Squadron reformed at Brize Norton on 1 May 1984, it previously operated the Avro Vulcan and participated in the Operation Black Buck missions of the Falklands War.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- 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.
- 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.
- A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
Facts about Republic Airport (FRG):
- Republic Airport has a two-story terminal building serving passengers boarding charter flights to short distance destinations such as Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Republic Airport (FRG) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Republic Airport (FRG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Republic Airport was acquired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on March 31, 1969.
- Republic Aviation produced over 800 F-105 Thunderchief fighter bombers during the Vietnam Era.
- The airport covers an area of 526 acres at an elevation of 80 feet above mean sea level.
- It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
- Because of Republic Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Republic 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 Republic Airport (FRG) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of FRG.