Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and General Pico Airport (GPO), General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,111 miles (or 11,444 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 General Pico 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 General Pico Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• In 1970 two squadrons 99 Squadron and 511 Squadron operating the Bristol Britannia moved from RAF Lyneham.
• On 12 August 2006, campaigners restricted access at the main entrance for several hours in a protest against British policy in the Middle East.
• 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.
• 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.
• Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.

Facts about General Pico Airport (GPO):

• The closest airport to General Pico Airport (GPO) is Santa Rosa Airport (RSA), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) SSW of GPO.
• General Pico Airport (GPO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of General Pico Airport's relatively low elevation of 456 feet, planes can take off or land at General Pico 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 General Pico Airport (GPO) is Jining Qufu Airport (JNG), which is nearly antipodal to General Pico Airport (meaning General Pico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jining Qufu Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,969 kilometers) away in Jining, Shandong, China.
• In addition to being known as "General Pico Airport", another name for GPO is "Aeropuerto de General Pico".