Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Jorhat, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Jorhat Airport (JRH), Jorhat, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,021 miles (or 8,081 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 Jorhat 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 Jorhat 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: | JRH / VEJT |
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Location: | Jorhat, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°43'54"N by 94°10'32"E |
Area Served: | Jorhat, Golaghat |
Operator/Owner: | Indian Air Force Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 311 feet (95 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JRH |
More Information: | JRH Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- 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.
- 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 1950 the USAF Strategic Air Command was based at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, and RAF Sculthorpe.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- 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.
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- AirTanker Services is operating the RAF's Airbus A330 MRTT to provide aerial re-fuelling services at Brize Norton.
Facts about Jorhat Airport (JRH):
- The closest airport to Jorhat Airport (JRH) is Lilabari Airport (IXI), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) N of JRH.
- Jorhat Airport (JRH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Jorhat Airport's relatively low elevation of 311 feet, planes can take off or land at Jorhat 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.
- In addition to being known as "Jorhat Airport", other names for JRH include "Rowriah Airport", "যোৰহাট বিমানবন্দৰ" and "जोरहाट हवाई अड्डे".
- The furthest airport from Jorhat Airport (JRH) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,521 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.