Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,650 miles (or 7,483 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 Presidente João Suassuna 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 Presidente João Suassuna Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEQ / EGXH |
Airport Name: | RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 |
Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BEQ |
More Information: | BEQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CPV / SBKG |
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Location: | Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°16'9"S by 35°53'42"W |
Area Served: | Campina Grande |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1646 feet (502 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CPV |
More Information: | CPV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- 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.
- Construction of Honington airfield began in 1935, and the facility was opened on 3 May 1937.
- With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.
- Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.
- 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.
- Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
- 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.
- IX Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.
Facts about Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV):
- The closest airport to Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) is Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) E of CPV.
- Presidente João Suassuna Airport handled 143,766 passengers last year.
- Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) currently has only 1 runway.
- It is operated by Infraero.
- In addition to being known as "Presidente João Suassuna Airport", another name for CPV is "Aeroporto Presidente João Suassuna".
- The furthest airport from Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente João Suassuna Airport (meaning Presidente João Suassuna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Falalop Airfield), and is located 12,086 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- Even though the airport was only inaugurated in 1963, since the 1940s air services operated to the site, using a runway already existent.