Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Little Rock, Arkansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,482 miles (or 7,213 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Bill and Hillary Clinton National 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEQ / EGXH |
Airport Name: | RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 |
Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BEQ |
More Information: | BEQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LIT / KLIT |
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Location: | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'45"N by 92°13'28"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Little Rock |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 266 feet (81 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LIT |
More Information: | LIT Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- The closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
- The furthest airport from RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,834 miles (19,044 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The 364th FG flew escort, dive-bombing, strafing, and patrol missions in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
- Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
- In 1956, RAF Honington also became one of the main V bomber bases maintaining three Vickers Valiant squadrons, Nos, 7, 90, and 199.
- From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
- Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
Facts about Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT):
- Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport handled 2,255,109 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Little Rock Air Force Base (LRF), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNE of LIT.
- On June 1, 1999 American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing the captain and 10 passengers.
- Clinton National Airport covers 2,000 acres at an elevation of 266 feet above mean sea level.
- Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,882 miles (17,512 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force for antisubmarine patrols and training.
- In addition to being known as "Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport", another name for LIT is "Adams Field".
- Because of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Bill and Hillary Clinton National 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.
- Dassault Aircraft Services, a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, operates a large facility at the airport.
- It is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport.