Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Enejit, Marshall Islands:
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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 Enejit Airport (EJT), Enejit, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,370 miles (or 13,470 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 Enejit 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 Enejit 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: | EJT / |
Airport Name: | Enejit Airport |
Location: | Enejit, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°2'25"N by 171°59'3"E |
Area Served: | Enejit, Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from EJT |
More Information: | EJT Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- IX Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.
- Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
- 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.
- From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
- 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 flew the first RAF bombing raid of the Second World War on 4 September 1939 flying a mission against the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic resulting in the loss of two Wellingtons.
- 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.
- Converted from P-38 Lightnings to P-51 Mustangs in the summer of 1944 and from then until the end of the war flew many long-range escort missions heavy bombers that attacked oil refineries, industries, and other strategic objectives at Berlin, Regensburg, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Brussels, and elsewhere.
Facts about Enejit Airport (EJT):
- The furthest airport from Enejit Airport (EJT) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Enejit Airport (EJT) is Mili Airport (MIJ), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) W of EJT.