Nonstop flight route between Grayling, Alaska, United States and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grayling Airport (KGX), Grayling, Alaska, United States and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,430 miles (or 7,129 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 Grayling 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 Grayling Airport and RAF Brize Norton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grayling Airport (KGX):

• The closest airport to Grayling Airport (KGX) is Anvik Airport (ANV), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of KGX.
• In addition to being known as "Grayling Airport", another name for KGX is "none".
• Grayling Airport (KGX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Grayling Airport (KGX) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,438 miles (16,798 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• Because of Grayling Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Grayling 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 RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.