Nonstop flight route between Copper Center, Alaska, United States and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Copper Center Airport (CZC), Copper Center, Alaska, United States and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,362 miles (or 7,020 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 Copper Center Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Copper Center Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Copper Center Airport (CZC):

• In addition to being known as "Copper Center Airport", other names for CZC include "Copper Center 2 Airport" and "Z93".
• The furthest airport from Copper Center Airport (CZC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,464 miles (16,840 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Copper Center Airport (CZC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Copper Center Airport (CZC) is Gulkana Airport (GKN), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NNW of CZC.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• RAF Northolt became home to Prime Minister Winston Churchill's personal aircraft, a modified Douglas C-54 Skymaster, in June 1944.
• In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• In December 1946, after taking off during a heavy snowstorm, a Douglas DC-3 operated by British European Airways, flying from Northolt to Glasgow, crashed onto the roof of a house in South Ruislip.
• Much media attention focused on the airfield when the body of Diana, Princess of Wales, arrived there from Villacoublay airfield, in Paris, France, after her death in a car crash in the city on 31 August 1997.
• In April 2013, the Ministry of Defence announced a proposal to increase the number of private flights from 7,000 to 12,000 per year as part of plans to increase the income generated by the airfield.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.