Nonstop flight route between Araracuara, Colombia and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Araracuara Airport (ACR), Araracuara, Colombia and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,540 miles (or 8,916 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 Araracuara 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 Araracuara 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: | ACR / SKAC |
Airport Name: | Araracuara Airport |
Location: | Araracuara, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°36'3"S by 72°23'52"W |
Area Served: | Araracuara, Colombia |
Elevation: | 1250 feet (381 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from ACR |
More Information: | ACR 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 Araracuara Airport (ACR):
- The furthest airport from Araracuara Airport (ACR) is Supadio International Airport (SPA) (PNK), which is nearly antipodal to Araracuara Airport (meaning Araracuara Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Supadio International Airport (SPA)), and is located 12,302 miles (19,798 kilometers) away in Pontianak, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Araracuara Airport (ACR) is La Chorrera Airport (LCR), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) SSW of ACR.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and 8.3 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk.
- 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 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 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.
- Meanwhile on 30 April 1956, two Lockheed U-2s were airlifted to RAF Lakenheath to form CIA Detachment A.
- By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.