Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Dubrovnik Airport (DBV), Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,066 miles (or 1,715 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 relatively short distance between RAF Lakenheath and Dubrovnik Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure 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 |
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More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DBV / LDDU |
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Location: | Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°33'41"N by 18°16'5"E |
Area Served: | Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Herceg Novi |
Operator/Owner: | Dubrovnik Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 527 feet (161 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DBV |
More Information: | DBV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- A near nuclear accident occurred on 27 July 1956 – when a B-47 bomber crashed into a storage igloo at Lakenheath containing three MK-6 nuclear weapons while on a routine training mission.
- 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.
- Control of RAF Lakenheath was allocated to Third Air Force at South Ruislip Air Station, which had command of SAC B-29 operations in England.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- On 27 November 1948, operational control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from the Royal Air Force to USAFE.
- RAF Lakenheath, and nearby, RAF Mildenhall, are the two main U.S.
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
Facts about Dubrovnik Airport (DBV):
- During 1987, the most successful year in Yugoslav aviation, the airport handled 835,818 passengers on international flights and a further 586,742 on domestic services.
- Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,691 miles (18,815 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- "Đurovića špilja" is a pit cave located under the taxiway of Dubrovnik airport.
- Dubrovnik Airport handled 1,522,629 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) is Tivat Airport (TIV), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of DBV.
- Because of Dubrovnik Airport's relatively low elevation of 527 feet, planes can take off or land at Dubrovnik 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 "Dubrovnik Airport", other names for DBV include "Čilipi Airport" and "Zračna luka Dubrovnik/Čilipi".