Nonstop flight route between Paya Lebar, Singapore and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), Paya Lebar, Singapore and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,801 miles (or 10,945 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG):

• In addition to being known as "Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)", other names for QPG include "巴耶利峇空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Paya Lebar".
• Because of Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)'s relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 air base currently houses aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules and the upgraded AMRAAM capable F-5S/T Tiger IIs.
• The airport was built from 1952 to 1955, and opened on 20 August 1955 by the Secretary of State for Colonies, Alan Lennox-Boyd.
• Malaysia-Singapore Airlines was dissolved in 1972.
• 2008, Squadron personnel and staff of 149 Sqn based at PLAB posing in front of the squadron's F-5S Tiger-IIs after winning the Best RSAF Unit award.
• The furthest airport from Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (meaning Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of QPG.
• Paya Lebar Air Base also plays host to USAF VIP aircraft as well.

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• 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.
• On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of 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.
• By 1950 the USAF Strategic Air Command was based at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, and RAF Sculthorpe.
• By March 2011, 70 buildings had been refurbished on the station.
• The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
• A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
• The station is home to Air Transport, Air-to-Air refuelling and Military Parachuting, with aircraft operating from the station including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager which replaced the now decommissioned Lockheed TriStar in March 2014.