Nonstop flight route between Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Charlottetown Airport (YYG), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,730 miles (or 4,393 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 Charlottetown 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 Charlottetown 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 Charlottetown Airport (YYG):

• The furthest airport from Charlottetown Airport (YYG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,651 miles (18,751 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 2008, the airport set an all-time passenger record with 282,385 passengers using the airport, a near 80% increase over 2002.
• Following the end of World War II, the military presence at the airport diminished by late 1945 and the base was decommissioned and transferred from the RCAF to the federal Department of Transport on February 1, 1946, returning the airfield to civilian use.
• Charlottetown Airport (YYG) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Charlottetown Airport (YYG) is Summerside Airport (YSU), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) WNW of YYG.
• Since the turn of the millennium, and especially since the mid-2000s, Charlottetown Airport has seen a great increase in flights.
• In December 1939 the city government offered the airport to the federal government for military use through the duration of World War II.
• Because of Charlottetown Airport's relatively low elevation of 159 feet, planes can take off or land at Charlottetown 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):

• To accommodate this expansion, a major infrastructure redevelopment, "Programme Future Brize" was established in 2009.
• The station is home to the Administrative Wing, Airport of Embarkation Wing, Depth Support Wing, Forward Support Wing and Operations Wing.
• 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.
• A peace camp was held at the station from 21 to 25 April 2005, along with a demonstration in nearby Carterton.
• RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
• By the end of June 2011 all flying units from RAF Lyneham had moved to RAF Brize Norton.
• 101 Squadron reformed at Brize Norton on 1 May 1984, it previously operated the Avro Vulcan and participated in the Operation Black Buck missions of the Falklands War.
• The Hercules fleet at RAF Lyneham officially moved to Brize Norton on 1 July 2011.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.