Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Brandon, Manitoba, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR), Brandon, Manitoba, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,994 miles (or 6,427 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 RAF Northolt and Brandon Municipal Airport, 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 RAF Northolt and Brandon Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• In 1943, the station became the first to fly sorties using Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXs in German airspace in support of bomber operations.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Following Louis Blériot's first flight across the English Channel in 1909, the British Army considered the necessity of defending the United Kingdom from a future air attack.
• The outbreak of the First World War necessitated a new aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps.
• RAF Northolt became home to Prime Minister Winston Churchill's personal aircraft, a modified Douglas C-54 Skymaster, in June 1944.
• Northolt received its first gate guardian, a Spitfire F.Mk 22, in September 1963.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• The remains of a Hawker Hurricane flown by Flying Officer Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz, the first pilot in No. 303 Squadron to shoot down an enemy aircraft, were donated to the station in June 2008.

Facts about Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR):

• The closest airport to Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) is Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) E of YBR.
• The furthest airport from Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,352 miles (16,659 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Permanent tenants at the Brandon airport include The Brandon Flying Club, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, and Maple Leaf Aviation.
• Several airlines have operated at Brandon Airport at various times in the past.
• Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) has 2 runways.