Nonstop flight route between New Roads, Louisiana, United States and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between False River Regional Airport (HZR), New Roads, Louisiana, United States and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,658 miles (or 7,496 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 False River Regional 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 False River Regional Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about False River Regional Airport (HZR):

• The furthest airport from False River Regional Airport (HZR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,051 miles (17,785 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to False River Regional Airport (HZR) is Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) ESE of HZR.
• False River Regional Airport (HZR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport has a terminal building, three corporate hangars, six T-hangars, and two privately owned hangars.
• Because of False River Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at False River Regional 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.

Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):

• On 21 September the 416th moved to their Advanced Landing Ground at Melun/Villaroche France.
• The 20th began realigning its units 15 March 1957 as part of an Air Force worldwide reorganization.
• MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• On 6 June 1982 614 VGS moved to MDPGA Wethersfield from RAF Debden, as that base was required for tank training.
• 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 closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
• In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
• The 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Upper Heyford was inactivated and elements were moved to Wethersfield.