Nonstop flight route between Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Quzhou, Zhejiang, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Benson (BEX), Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Quzhou Airport (JUZ), Quzhou, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,790 miles (or 9,318 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 RAF Benson and Quzhou 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 RAF Benson and Quzhou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEX / EGUB |
Airport Name: | RAF Benson |
Location: | Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°36'59"N by 1°5'44"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BEX |
More Information: | BEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JUZ / ZSJU |
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Location: | Quzhou, Zhejiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°57'56"N by 118°53'57"E |
Area Served: | Quzhou, Zhejiang, China |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
View all routes: | Routes from JUZ |
More Information: | JUZ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Benson (BEX):
- The furthest airport from RAF Benson (BEX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,879 miles (19,118 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- The Chiltern Air Support Unit helicopter and the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance helicopter are also both located here as lodger units.
- The closest airport to RAF Benson (BEX) is RAF High Wycombe (HYC), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of BEX.
- Building work for RAF Benson began in 1937.
- The future of RAF Benson was in doubt for some time, while Project Belvedere was looking into closing at least one of Joint Helicopter Command's airfields.
- The station is today the home to four squadrons of Support Helicopters, 28 Squadron, 78 Squadron with Merlin helicopters and 33 Squadron and 230 Squadron with Puma helicopters.
Facts about Quzhou Airport (JUZ):
- The closest airport to Quzhou Airport (JUZ) is Yiwu Airport (YIW), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) ENE of JUZ.
- In addition to being known as "Quzhou Airport", other names for JUZ include "衢州机场" and "Qúzhōu Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Quzhou Airport (JUZ) is Ceres Airport (CRR), which is nearly antipodal to Quzhou Airport (meaning Quzhou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ceres Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina.