Nonstop flight route between Inhambane, Mozambique and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Inhambane Airport (INH), Inhambane, Mozambique and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,674 miles (or 9,132 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 Inhambane Airport and RAF Lakenheath, 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 Inhambane Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | INH / FQIN |
Airport Name: | Inhambane Airport |
Location: | Inhambane, Mozambique |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°52'35"S by 35°24'30"E |
Area Served: | Inhambane |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from INH |
More Information: | INH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKZ / EGUL |
Airport Name: | RAF Lakenheath |
Location: | Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°24'29"N by 0°33'24"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from LKZ |
More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Inhambane Airport (INH):
- Because of Inhambane Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Inhambane 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.
- Inhambane Airport (INH) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Inhambane Airport (INH) is Vilankulo Airport (VNX), which is located 129 miles (207 kilometers) N of INH.
- The furthest airport from Inhambane Airport (INH) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,707 miles (18,841 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- The increasing tension of the Cold War lead to a re-evaluation of these deployments, and by 1953 SAC bombers began to move its heavy bomb groups further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Brize Norton, RAF Greenham Common, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford, while its shorter-range B-47 were sent to East Anglia.
- The furthest airport from RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
- On 27 November 1948, operational control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from the Royal Air Force to USAFE.