Nonstop flight route between Leshukonskoye, Russia and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG), Leshukonskoye, Russia and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,881 miles (or 3,027 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 Leshukonskoye 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: | LDG / ULAL |
Airport Name: | Leshukonskoye Airport |
Location: | Leshukonskoye, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°53'44"N by 45°43'22"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 220 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDG |
More Information: | LDG 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 Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG):
- Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) has 2 runways.
- Because of Leshukonskoye Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Leshukonskoye 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 Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,269 miles (16,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) is Talagi Airport (ARH), which is located 149 miles (240 kilometers) W of LDG.
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- Like many UK military bases RAF Brize Norton has been subject to limited protests by peace demonstrators.
- The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
- By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
- 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.
- Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
- AirTanker Services is operating the RAF's Airbus A330 MRTT to provide aerial re-fuelling services at Brize Norton.