Nonstop flight route between Nazca, Ica Region, Peru and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), Nazca, Ica Region, Peru and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,439 miles (or 10,362 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 Maria Reiche Neuman 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 Maria Reiche Neuman 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: | NZC / SPZA |
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Location: | Nazca, Ica Region, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°51'15"S by 74°57'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | CORPAC |
Elevation: | 1860 feet (567 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NZC |
More Information: | NZC 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 Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC):
- In addition to being known as "Maria Reiche Neuman Airport", another name for NZC is "Aeropuerto María Reiche Neuman".
- The furthest airport from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) is Ubon Ratchathani Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุบลราชธานี (UBP), which is nearly antipodal to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (meaning Maria Reiche Neuman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ubon Ratchathani Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุบลราชธานี), and is located 12,407 miles (19,967 kilometers) away in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
- Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) NW of NZC.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- 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.
- 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 work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- On 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
- Meanwhile on 30 April 1956, two Lockheed U-2s were airlifted to RAF Lakenheath to form CIA Detachment A.
- Aircraft of the 48th FW carry the tail code "LN".