Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Musoma, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Musoma Airport (MUZ), Musoma, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,219 miles (or 6,789 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 Musoma 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 Musoma 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: | MUZ / HTMU |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Musoma, Tanzania |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°30'10"S by 33°48'7"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3783 feet (1,153 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MUZ |
| More Information: | MUZ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- In 1970 two squadrons 99 Squadron and 511 Squadron operating the Bristol Britannia moved from RAF Lyneham.
- Following the Falklands War, the RAF found itself lacking in the strategic transport capabilities required to sustain the expanded military presence there.
- AirTanker Services is operating the RAF's Airbus A330 MRTT to provide aerial re-fuelling services at Brize Norton.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
Facts about Musoma Airport (MUZ):
- The closest airport to Musoma Airport (MUZ) is Mara Serena Airport (MRE), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) E of MUZ.
- Musoma Airport (MUZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Musoma Airport", another name for MUZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Musoma (Swahili)".
- The furthest airport from Musoma Airport (MUZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,666 miles (18,774 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Musoma Airport handled 7,867 passengers last year.
