Nonstop flight route between Tacoma, Washington, United States and Oxford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), Tacoma, Washington, United States and Oxford Airport (OXF), Oxford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,765 miles (or 7,669 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 McChord Field/McChord AFB and Oxford Airport, 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 McChord Field/McChord AFB and Oxford Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM):

• With the departure of the 17th Bomb Group, the mission of McChord Field became supporting the Army Air Forces Training Command's mission of training of units, crews, and individuals for bombardment, fighter, and reconnaissance operations.
• The closest airport to McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Gray Army Airfield (GRF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SW of TCM.
• In addition to being known as "McChord Field/McChord AFB", another name for TCM is "Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)".
• In 1975, TAC divested itself of its C-130 Hercules tactical airlift fleet, transferring all tactical airlift wings, groups and squadrons to MAC.
• On 28 February 1938 the airfield was officially transferred to the United States Government.
• SeADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and the SAGE headquarters combat center came under the 25th Air Division.
• Following the end of the war in Europe, McChord redeployed thousands of troops arriving from the European theater to the Pacific as part of Air Transport Command.
• The furthest airport from McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,803 miles (17,386 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Because of McChord Field/McChord AFB's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at McChord Field/McChord AFB 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.
• In 1958, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center, and Combat Center was established at McChord.
• McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) has 2 runways.

Facts about Oxford Airport (OXF):

• Principal companies based at Oxford Airport include Oxford Aviation Academy, Eurocopter, Hawker Beechcraft, Hangar 8, Jet Connections, PremiAir,Flairjet, AirMed, Pilot Flight Training, and Capital Air Services.
• Oxford Airport (OXF) has 2 runways.
• In August 2009 the airport was rebranded as London Oxford Airport.
• Swiss airline Baboo's weekly Saturday service, from Oxford to Geneva, commenced in December 2009.
• A new "Saturday only" summer service to Jersey, operated by Air Southwest, ran from July to September 2009.
• In January 2010 the airport announced the launch of daily flights to Edinburgh to be operated by new start-up, Varsity Express.
• In addition to being known as "Oxford Airport", another name for OXF is "Oxford/Kidlington Airport".
• The closest airport to Oxford Airport (OXF) is RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of OXF.
• Because of Oxford Airport's relatively low elevation of 270 feet, planes can take off or land at Oxford 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 furthest airport from Oxford Airport (OXF) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,876 miles (19,113 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.