Nonstop flight route between Aupaluk, Quebec, Canada and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aupaluk Airport (YPJ), Aupaluk, Quebec, Canada and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,590 miles (or 4,168 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 Aupaluk 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 Aupaluk 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 Aupaluk Airport (YPJ):

• The closest airport to Aupaluk Airport (YPJ) is Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SSW of YPJ.
• Aupaluk Airport (YPJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Aupaluk Airport (YPJ) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,721 miles (17,254 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Aupaluk Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Aupaluk 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.

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.
• In 1970 two squadrons 99 Squadron and 511 Squadron operating the Bristol Britannia moved from RAF Lyneham.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• Brize Norton is already a major airbase for the RAF's transport fleet.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.