Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Ratanakiri, Cambodia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from BZZ to RBE:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- BZZ Airport Information
- RBE Airport Information
- Facts about BZZ
- Facts about RBE
- Map of Nearest Airports to BZZ
- List of Nearest Airports to BZZ
- Map of Furthest Airports from BZZ
- List of Furthest Airports from BZZ
- Map of Nearest Airports to RBE
- List of Nearest Airports to RBE
- Map of Furthest Airports from RBE
- List of Furthest Airports from RBE
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Ratanakiri Airport (RBE), Ratanakiri, Cambodia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,238 miles (or 10,040 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 Ratanakiri 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 Ratanakiri 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: | RBE / VDRK |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Ratanakiri, Cambodia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°43'54"N by 106°59'0"E |
| Area Served: | Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RBE |
| More Information: | RBE Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- 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.
- The station is home to the Administrative Wing, Airport of Embarkation Wing, Depth Support Wing, Forward Support Wing and Operations Wing.
- A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
- 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.
- On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
- On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
Facts about Ratanakiri Airport (RBE):
- In addition to being known as "Ratanakiri Airport", another name for RBE is "Ratanakiri Airport".
- The furthest airport from Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) is Andahuaylas Airport (ANS), which is nearly antipodal to Ratanakiri Airport (meaning Ratanakiri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Andahuaylas Airport), and is located 12,414 miles (19,979 kilometers) away in Andahuaylas, Peru.
- The closest airport to Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) is Buon Ma Thuot Airport (BMV), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) SE of RBE.
- Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) currently has only 1 runway.
