Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Youngstown/Warren, Ohio, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) (YNG), Youngstown/Warren, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,708 miles (or 5,968 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 Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG), 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 Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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 |
View all routes: | Routes from LKZ |
More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YNG / KYNG |
Airport Name: | Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) |
Location: | Youngstown/Warren, Ohio, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°15'38"N by 80°40'45"W |
Area Served: | Youngstown / Warren, Ohio |
Operator/Owner: | Western Reserve Port Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1196 feet (365 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YNG |
More Information: | YNG Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- In response to the threat by the Soviet Union, by the 1948 Berlin blockade, President Truman decided to realign USAFE into a permanent combat-capable force.
- 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.
- Lakenheath Airfield was used by RAF flying units on detachment late in 1941.
- In 1941, hard runways were put down with the main runway, 04/22, being 2,000 yards, and the subsidiaries, 12/30 at 1,300 yards and 16/34 at 1,400 yards.
- The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.
Facts about Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) (YNG):
- The closest airport to Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) (YNG) is Port Meadville Airport (MEJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NE of YNG.
- The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport began as the Youngstown Municipal Airport, and was one of the last Works Progress Administration projects.
- Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) (YNG) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) (YNG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,438 miles (18,407 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- US Airways, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan Am Clipper Connection and Vacation Express have serviced the airport at some point.