Nonstop flight route between St. George's, Grenada and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND), St. George's, Grenada and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,307 miles (or 6,932 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 Maurice Bishop 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 Maurice Bishop 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: | GND / TGPY |
Airport Name: | Maurice Bishop International Airport |
Location: | St. George's, Grenada |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°0'15"N by 61°47'9"W |
Operator/Owner: | Grenada Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 41 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GND |
More Information: | GND 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 Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND):
- The unfinished airport was chosen as the jump off point for the invasion of the island by the United States of America in October 1983.
- Because of Maurice Bishop International Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Maurice Bishop International 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 airport resides at an elevation of 41 ft above mean sea level.
- The airport was renamed for the late Prime Minister in 2009.
- Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Maurice Bishop International Airport (meaning Maurice Bishop International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Maurice Bishop International Airport (GND) is Lauriston Airport (CRU), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNE of GND.
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.
- Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 65 mi west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force.
- By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
- RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
- By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
- On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
- 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.