Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and La Romana, Dominican Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and La Romana International Airport (LRM), La Romana, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,354 miles (or 7,007 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 Lakenheath and La Romana International 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 Lakenheath and La Romana International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• Aircraft of the 48th FW carry the tail code "LN".
• By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
• 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 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.
• In April 1947, RAF Bomber Command returned to Lakenheath and had the runways repaired, resurfaced, and readied for operations by May 1948.
• Following French president Charles de Gaulle's insistence in 1959 that all non-French nuclear-capable forces should be withdrawn from his country, the USAF began a redeployment of its North American F-100-equipped units from France.

Facts about La Romana International Airport (LRM):

• Because of La Romana International Airport's relatively low elevation of 213 feet, planes can take off or land at La Romana International 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.
• La Romana International Airport is located on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the tourist town of La Romana and the resort of Casa de Campo.
• La Romana International Airport (LRM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport consists of a main terminal with 4 modern gates.
• The furthest airport from La Romana International Airport (LRM) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to La Romana International Airport (meaning La Romana International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,111 miles (19,491 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "La Romana International Airport", another name for LRM is "Aeropuerto Internacional La Romana".
• La Romana International Airport handled 225,550 passengers last year.
• The current La Romana airport replaced an earlier La Romana airport, which was located south of the Zona Franca, on the south western side of Casa de Campo, which was approximately at 18°24′41″N 68°56′30″W / 18.41139°N 68.94167°W / 18.41139.
• The closest airport to La Romana International Airport (LRM) is Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) ENE of LRM.