Nonstop flight route between Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nadym Airport (NYM), Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,651 miles (or 4,266 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 Nadym 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 Nadym 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 Nadym Airport (NYM):

• Nadym Airport (NYM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nadym Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Nadym 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 closest airport to Nadym Airport (NYM) is Novy Urengoy Airport (NUX), which is located 116 miles (186 kilometers) ENE of NYM.
• In addition to being known as "Nadym Airport", another name for NYM is "Аэропорт Надым".
• The furthest airport from Nadym Airport (NYM) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
• A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
• 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.
• In 1970 two squadrons 99 Squadron and 511 Squadron operating the Bristol Britannia moved from RAF Lyneham.