Nonstop flight route between Norwich, England, United Kingdom and Brady, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Norwich International Airport (NWI), Norwich, England, United Kingdom and Curtis Field (BBD), Brady, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,945 miles (or 7,958 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 Norwich International Airport and Curtis Field, 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 Norwich International Airport and Curtis Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NWI / EGSH |
| Airport Name: | Norwich International Airport |
| Location: | Norwich, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°40'32"N by 1°16'58"E |
| Area Served: | Norwich, Norfolk |
| Operator/Owner: | Omniport (80.1%) Norfolk County Council Norwich City Council |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 117 feet (36 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NWI |
| More Information: | NWI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BBD / KBBD |
| Airport Name: | Curtis Field |
| Location: | Brady, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°10'45"N by 99°19'26"W |
| Area Served: | Brady, Texas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Brady |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1827 feet (557 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BBD |
| More Information: | BBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Norwich International Airport (NWI):
- Norwich International Airport, also known as Norwich Airport, is an airport in the City of Norwich within Norfolk, England 2.8 NM north of the city centre and on the edge of the city's suburbs at Hellesdon.
- Because of Norwich International Airport's relatively low elevation of 117 feet, planes can take off or land at Norwich International 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.
- Norwich International Airport (NWI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Norwich International Airport (NWI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,816 miles (19,015 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Norwich International Airport (NWI) is Coltishall (IATA off-point) (CLF), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of NWI.
- In December 2013 Loganair announced they would be taking over Flybe's service to Edinburgh Airport from April 2014 and increasing flights from 1 to 3 times a day each weekday and twice on Sundays in the peak season, with this there will be two further D328s based at the airport one to operate the route and one as a 'hot spare'/charter aircraft with all crew being relocated from Edinburgh and Dundee.
- Norwich International Airport handled 463,401 passengers last year.
- Norwich airport is situated on the A140, which travels from Ipswich via Norwich to the seaside town of Cromer.
- The current site, formerly known as Royal Air Force Station Horsham St Faith, or more commonly RAF Horsham St Faith, was first developed in 1939 and officially opened on 1 June 1940 as a Royal Air Force bomber station.
- On 12 December 1973 a Dassault Falcon 20 of Fred.
- The airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command on 10 July 1945 when it was occupied by four Gloster Meteor Squadrons.
Facts about Curtis Field (BBD):
- The airport opened in August 1941.
- Curtis Field (BBD) has 2 runways.
- Several local axillary landing airfields were associated with Curtis Field, the Curtis Ranch.
- It is notable that enlisted sergeant pilots received their primary flight training at Curtis Field in early 1942.
- The closest airport to Curtis Field (BBD) is Coleman Municipal Airport (COM), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) N of BBD.
- The furthest airport from Curtis Field (BBD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,102 miles (17,867 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
