Nonstop flight route between Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cauayan Airport (CYZ), Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,521 miles (or 10,494 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 Cauayan Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, 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 Cauayan Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Cauayan Airport (CYZ):

• Cauayan Airport (CYZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cauayan Airport's relatively low elevation of 200 feet, planes can take off or land at Cauayan 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.
• The closest airport to Cauayan Airport (CYZ) is Tuguegarao Airport (TUG), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) N of CYZ.
• In addition to being known as "Cauayan Airport", another name for CYZ is "Paliparan ng Cauayan".
• The furthest airport from Cauayan Airport (CYZ) is Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Cauayan Airport (meaning Cauayan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Puerto Suárez International Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,783 kilometers) away in Puerto Suárez, Bolivia.

Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):

• The Operational Support Unit moved to Wethersfield from RAF Wittering and has been permanently based there since May 1992.
• The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
• The furthest airport from MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Woodbridge was operated as a detachment of the 20th FBW until 8 July 1958, when the 20th FBW/TFW handed over control to the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing.
• Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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.
• The 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Upper Heyford was inactivated and elements were moved to Wethersfield.
• In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
• During the late 1940s the base was used as a winter camping ground for Chipperfield's Circus.
• MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.