Nonstop flight route between Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kitadaito Airport (KTD), Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,268 miles (or 10,088 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 Kitadaito Airport and RAF Mildenhall, 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 Kitadaito Airport and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KTD / RORK |
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Location: | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°56'40"N by 131°19'36"E |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 71 feet (22 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KTD |
More Information: | KTD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHZ / EGUN |
Airport Name: | RAF Mildenhall |
Location: | Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°21'54"N by 0°28'50"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from MHZ |
More Information: | MHZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Kitadaito Airport (KTD):
- Kitadaito Airport (KTD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kitadaito Airport's relatively low elevation of 71 feet, planes can take off or land at Kitadaito 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 "Kitadaito Airport", other names for KTD include "北大東空港" and "Kitadaitō Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSW of KTD.
- The furthest airport from Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Kitadaito Airport (meaning Kitadaito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- Kitadaitō Airport ) is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The furthest airport from RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- RAF Mildenhall is named after the nearby town of Mildenhall, Suffolk.
- The tactical component of the 100 ARW is the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, flying the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.
- The present 488th Intelligence Squadron traces its lineage back to the 6954th Security Squadron which was originally designated Detachment 1 of the 6985th Security Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford, England, in June 1967.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- The 501st Combat Support Wing was activated at RAF Mildenhall on 21 May 2005.