Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Charlo Airport (YCL), Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,799 miles (or 4,505 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 Charlo 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 Charlo 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: | YCL / CYCL |
Airport Name: | Charlo Airport |
Location: | Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°59'26"N by 66°19'49"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 132 feet (40 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YCL |
More Information: | YCL Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- The station is home to the Administrative Wing, Airport of Embarkation Wing, Depth Support Wing, Forward Support Wing and Operations Wing.
- 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.
- To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
- 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.
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
Facts about Charlo Airport (YCL):
- Charlo Airport (YCL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Charlo Airport (YCL) is Bathurst Airport (ZBF), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SE of YCL.
- The furthest airport from Charlo Airport (YCL) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,511 miles (18,524 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Charlo Airport's relatively low elevation of 132 feet, planes can take off or land at Charlo 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.