Nonstop flight route between Poznań, Poland and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), Poznań, Poland and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 690 miles (or 1,111 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POZ / EPPO |
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Location: | Poznań, Poland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°25'15"N by 16°49'35"E |
Area Served: | Poznań |
Operator/Owner: | Poznań Ławica Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 308 feet (94 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from POZ |
More Information: | POZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WXF / EGVT |
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Location: | Braintree, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°58'26"N by 0°30'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military airfield, private airfield |
Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from WXF |
More Information: | WXF Maps & Info |
Facts about Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ):
- According to Krzysztof Krawcewicz, a pilot and the editor-in-chief of the Polish monthly Przegląd Lotniczy/Aviation Revue, this was at least the seventh mistaken aircraft that landed at the Poznań–Krzesiny airfield in 2006 alone.
- On 15 August 2006, a Turkish charter flight from Antalya Airport, Antalya, Turkey to Poznań–Ławica — Sky Airlines SHY335 Boeing 737 — mistakenly landed at 19:50 local time at the Poznań–Krzesiny airfield.
- Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport", other names for POZ include "Port Lotniczy Poznań–Ławica im. Henryka Wieniawskiego" and "Poznań".
- The airport caters for international, domestic and cargo flights and general aviation.
- The furthest airport from Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,585 miles (18,645 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) WSW of POZ.
Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):
- Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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.
- MDPGA Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about 6 mi north-west of the town of Braintree.
- In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
- The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
- During the late 1940s the base was used as a winter camping ground for Chipperfield's Circus.
- All three wartime-era runways and connecting taxiways, as well as many wartime loop-type dispersal hardstands, remain in good condition.
- The furthest airport from MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- As the American involvement in the Vietnam War wound down, the role of RED HORSE units in peacetime came into question.
- MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.
- The closure of US bases in France forced the opening of RAF Greenham Common under 20th TFW management to handle personnel overflow beginning in January 1967.