Nonstop flight route between Ouarzazate, Morocco and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ), Ouarzazate, Morocco and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,463 miles (or 2,355 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 Ouarzazate Airport and RAF Brize Norton, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ):

• Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) is Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) NW of OZZ.
• The furthest airport from Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) is Kaitaia Airport (KAT), which is nearly antipodal to Ouarzazate Airport (meaning Ouarzazate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaitaia Airport), and is located 12,151 miles (19,555 kilometers) away in Kaitaia, New Zealand.
• Ouarzazate Airport handled 95,577 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ouarzazate Airport", another name for OZZ is "مطار ورززات".

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010 ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, at which point Brize Norton became the sole air point of embarkation for British troops.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.
• 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.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
• On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
• 101 Squadron reformed at Brize Norton on 1 May 1984, it previously operated the Avro Vulcan and participated in the Operation Black Buck missions of the Falklands War.