Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Campeche, Campeche, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (CPE), Campeche, Campeche, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,195 miles (or 8,361 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):

• The closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
• Although the last mission by the 364th took place on 25 April 1945, the group did not depart until November, returning to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for inactivation.
• Besides the air depot, Honington also housed an operational fighter unit when the 364th Fighter Group took up residence at Honington in February 1944, arriving from Santa Maria AAF, California.
• RAF Honington is also now home to 611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron due to the closure of RAF Watton in April 2012, requiring their conversion to the Grob 109B Vigilant motor glider.
• Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
• In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
• English Electric Canberra bomber squadrons, 10, XV, 44, and 57 were based at RAF Honington from February 1955 to 1957.
• The furthest airport from RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,834 miles (19,044 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The 364th also flew air-sea rescue missions, engaged in patrol activities, and continued to support ground forces as the battle line moved through France and into Germany.

Facts about Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (CPE):

• The closest airport to Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (CPE) is Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID), which is located 95 miles (152 kilometers) NE of CPE.
• In addition to being known as "Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport", another name for CPE is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay".
• Because of Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay 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.
• The furthest airport from Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (CPE) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,720 miles (18,861 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (CPE) currently has only 1 runway.