Nonstop flight route between Chengdu, Sichuan, China and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,190 miles (or 8,353 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and RAF Brize Norton, 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and RAF Brize Norton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CTU / ZUUU |
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Location: | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°34'41"N by 103°56'48"E |
Area Served: | Chengdu |
Operator/Owner: | Sichuan Province Airport Group Co.,Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1624 feet (495 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTU |
More Information: | CTU Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):
- Inside of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
- Flights to and from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are international flights.
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (meaning Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- In 2013 United Airlines announced it would start a thrice-weekly flight from San Francisco to Chengdu, operated with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
- The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.
- In addition to being known as "Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport", other names for CTU include "成都双流国际机场" and "Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng".
- On December 12, 1956, the Shuangguisi Airport was put under civil aviation, which was then formally listed as a civil aviation airport and renamed Chengdu Shuangliu Airport.
- The construction of its second runway started from late 2008 and has started service in December 2009.
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.
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
- On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.