Nonstop flight route between Ouarzazate, Morocco and Brunswick, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ), Ouarzazate, Morocco and Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), Brunswick, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,486 miles (or 5,610 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 Ouarzazate Airport and Naval Air Station Brunswick, 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 Ouarzazate Airport and Naval Air Station Brunswick. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• In addition to being known as "Ouarzazate Airport", another name for OZZ is "مطار ورززات".
• Ouarzazate Airport handled 95,577 passengers last year.

Facts about Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ):

• At the end of the Cold War in 1991, many maritime patrol squadrons were reduced or relocated.
• Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ) has 2 runways.
• On October 21, 2008, P-3 Orion from Patrol Wing Five overshot the runway at Bagram Air Base while landing.
• The closest airport to Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ) is Wiscasset Airport (ISS), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) ENE of NHZ.
• On August 2 of 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein launched an invasion on the neighboring country of Kuwait.
• Fleet Air Wing Five aircraft also played an important part in America’s early manned space programs in 1965 and 1966, helping to locate Mercury and Gemini capsules after splashdowns.
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,697 miles (18,825 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Naval Air Station Brunswick's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Brunswick 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.
• On April 2, 2011, the airport reopened as Brunswick Executive Airport.
• In September 2008, NAS Brunswick hosted the 33rd Great State of Maine Air Show for the last time, which boasted an attendance of more than 150,000 people from the local area and out of state.
• After being listed on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list, NAS Brunswick began preparing itself for shut down with a mandated September 2011 closure date.
• In the early years of the new millennium, squadrons home ported at NAS Brunswick continued to fulfill their missions by flying intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime patrol sorties in Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo and Operation Deliberate Forge in Bosnia in support of U.S.