Nonstop flight route between Ghazni, Afghanistan and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ghazni Airport (GZI), Ghazni, Afghanistan and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,620 miles (or 5,825 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 Ghazni 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 Ghazni 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: | GZI / OAGN | 
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| Location: | Ghazni, Afghanistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°31'50"N by 68°24'44"E | 
| Area Served: | Eastern Afghanistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan | 
| Airport Type: | Public/Military | 
| Elevation: | 7126 feet (2,172 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GZI | 
| More Information: | GZI 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 Ghazni Airport (GZI):
- The furthest airport from Ghazni Airport (GZI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,978 miles (19,277 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Ghazni Airport (GZI) is Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SE of GZI.
 - Ghazni Airport (GZI) currently has only 1 runway.
 - In addition to being known as "Ghazni Airport", other names for GZI include "Ghazni Airport (Ghazni)" and "د غزنی نړیوال هوایی ډګر".
 - Because of Ghazni Airport's high elevation of 7,126 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GZI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GZI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
 - The station is home to the Administrative Wing, Airport of Embarkation Wing, Depth Support Wing, Forward Support Wing and Operations Wing.
 - 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.
 - To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
 - 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 Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
 - The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
 - RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
 
