Nonstop flight route between Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,461 miles (or 8,789 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ):

• In addition to being known as "Xuzhou Guanyin Airport", other names for XUZ include "徐州观音机场" and "Xúzhōu Guānyīn Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is nearly antipodal to Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (meaning Xuzhou Guanyin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Junín Airport), and is located 12,344 miles (19,866 kilometers) away in Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Because of Xuzhou Guanyin Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Xuzhou Guanyin 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.
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• The closest airport to Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) is Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) ENE of XUZ.
• Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• On 19 September 2005, Brize Norton was closed as part of a major upgrade project.
• By the 1950s Cold War tension was escalating and the United States envisaged stationing nuclear bombers in the United Kingdom as a deterrent to Soviet aggression.
• 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.
• The station is home to the Administrative Wing, Airport of Embarkation Wing, Depth Support Wing, Forward Support Wing and Operations Wing.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
• By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.