Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Sewanee, Tennessee, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Franklin County Airport (UOS), Sewanee, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,133 miles (or 6,651 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 Franklin County 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 Franklin County 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: | UOS / KUOS |
| Airport Name: | Franklin County Airport |
| Location: | Sewanee, Tennessee, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°12'19"N by 85°53'53"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Franklin County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1953 feet (595 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UOS |
| More Information: | UOS Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (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 closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
- 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 station is home to Air Transport, Air-to-Air refuelling and Military Parachuting, with aircraft operating from the station including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager which replaced the now decommissioned Lockheed TriStar in March 2014.
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
Facts about Franklin County Airport (UOS):
- Franklin County Airport (UOS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Franklin County Airport (UOS) is Marion County Airport (APT), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) ESE of UOS.
- The furthest airport from Franklin County Airport (UOS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- It is a general aviation airport located atop the Cumberland Plateau.
