Nonstop flight route between Westerland, Germany and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sylt Airport (GWT), Westerland, Germany and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 464 miles (or 746 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 relatively short distance between Sylt Airport and RAF Brize Norton, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWT / EDXW |
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| Location: | Westerland, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°54'47"N by 8°20'26"E |
| Area Served: | Sylt, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Sylt GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 51 feet (16 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GWT |
| More Information: | GWT 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 Sylt Airport (GWT):
- Because of Sylt Airport's relatively low elevation of 51 feet, planes can take off or land at Sylt 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 furthest airport from Sylt Airport (GWT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,640 miles (18,733 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Sylt Airport handled 21,000 passengers last year.
- In 1990 Sylt Airport received new technical equipment as well as new passenger facilities.
- The closest airport to Sylt Airport (GWT) is Vojens Airport (SKS), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) ENE of GWT.
- Sylt Airport (GWT) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Sylt Airport", another name for GWT is "Flughafen Sylt".
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
- 101 Squadron reformed at Brize Norton on 1 May 1984, it previously operated the Avro Vulcan and participated in the Operation Black Buck missions of the Falklands War.
- 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.
- By 1950 the USAF Strategic Air Command was based at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, and RAF Sculthorpe.
- RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
