Nonstop flight route between Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Wildwood, New Jersey, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Cape May Airport (WWD), Wildwood, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,508 miles (or 5,646 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 Brize Norton and Cape May 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 Brize Norton and Cape May Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BZZ / EGVN |
Airport Name: | RAF Brize Norton |
Location: | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°45'0"N by 1°35'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BZZ |
More Information: | BZZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WWD / KWWD |
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Location: | Wildwood, New Jersey, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°0'30"N by 74°54'30"W |
Area Served: | Wildwood, New Jersey |
Operator/Owner: | Delaware River and Bay Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WWD |
More Information: | WWD Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):
- By 1950 the USAF Strategic Air Command was based at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, and RAF Sculthorpe.
- RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
- 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.
- With the closure of RAF Lyneham taking place in late 2011, the repatriation of British personnel was relocated to Brize Norton on 8 September 2011.
- 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.
Facts about Cape May Airport (WWD):
- On-field services include self-serve 100LL gas and Fight Deck Diner.
- The closest airport to Cape May Airport (WWD) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNW of WWD.
- The airport started in 1941 as NAS Rio Grande, named for its location near Rio Grande, New Jersey.
- Because of Cape May Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape May 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.
- In addition to being known as "Cape May Airport", another name for WWD is "Cape May County Airport".
- The furthest airport from Cape May Airport (WWD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,780 miles (18,958 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Cape May Airport (WWD) has 2 runways.