Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Erfurt, Germany:
Departure Airport:
(52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E)
Arrival Airport:
(50°58'46"N by 10°57'29"E)
Distance from BEQ to ERF:
446.16 miles (718.02 km)
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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 Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF), Erfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 446 miles (or 718 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 relatively short distance between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 and Erfurt–Weimar Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | ERF / EDDE |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Erfurt, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°58'46"N by 10°57'29"E |
| Area Served: | Erfurt and Weimar |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Erfurt GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1036 feet (316 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ERF |
| More Information: | ERF Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- In the event, the F-111 never entered service with the RAF, and in 1968, the airfield became the UK base for the RAF's Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer bomber.
- 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.
- 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.
- Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
- Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
Facts about Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF):
- The airport can be reached via nearby motorway A71 which leads from Erfurt to Schweinfurt in Bavaria.
- In addition to being known as "Erfurt–Weimar Airport", another name for ERF is "Flughafen Erfurt–Weimar".
- Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport's name was changed from Erfurt Airport in 2011, it was felt that from a marketing point of view the addition of Weimar to the name would better sell the area due to its historic importance.
- The furthest airport from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,833 miles (19,043 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) is Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ), which is located 62 miles (99 kilometers) SE of ERF.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10.20 miles (16.41 km) WNW | RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) | Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom |     |
| 2 | 12.43 miles (20.00 km) W | RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) | Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 23.11 miles (37.19 km) NNW | RAF Marham (KNF) | Marham, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 27.01 miles (43.47 km) WSW | Cambridge International Airport (CBG) | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 27.87 miles (44.85 km) SSW | MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) | Braintree, England, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 27.98 miles (45.03 km) SE | Ipswich Airport (IPW) | Ipswich, England | |
| 7 | 31.46 miles (50.63 km) NE | Norwich International Airport (NWI) | Norwich, England, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 32.23 miles (51.87 km) WSW | Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) | Duxford, England, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 36.36 miles (58.52 km) NE | Coltishall (IATA off-point) (CLF) | Coltishall, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 38.99 miles (62.75 km) SW | London Stansted Airport (STN) | Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 42.05 miles (67.67 km) W | RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) | Alconbury, England, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 53.46 miles (86.04 km) S | London Southend Airport (SEN) | Southend, Essex (near London) United Kingdom | |
| 13 | 58.23 miles (93.71 km) WSW | London Luton Airport (LTN) | Luton (near London), England, United Kingdom | |
| 14 | 58.99 miles (94.93 km) SW | Hatfield Aerodrome (HTF) | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | 65.07 miles (104.72 km) NW | RAF Coningsby (QCY) | Coningsby, England, United Kingdom | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,833.67 miles (19,044.40 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,786.12 miles (18,967.88 km) SE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,763.34 miles (18,931.21 km) SE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,757.74 miles (18,922.20 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,744.02 miles (18,900.13 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,730.24 miles (18,877.95 km) SE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,722.84 miles (18,866.04 km) SE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,722.69 miles (18,865.80 km) SE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,716.87 miles (18,856.43 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,693.27 miles (18,818.44 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,692.07 miles (18,816.51 km) SE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,676.34 miles (18,791.20 km) SE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,674.75 miles (18,788.64 km) SSE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,668.74 miles (18,778.97 km) SE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,648.23 miles (18,745.96 km) SE | Fox Glacier Aerodrome (FGL) | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 61.81 miles (99.48 km) SE | Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) | Hof, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 2 | 63.28 miles (101.84 km) ENE | Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) | Leipzig, Germany | |
| 3 | 63.70 miles (102.51 km) NNE | Magdeburg–Cochstedt Airport (CSO) | Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 4 | 67.51 miles (108.64 km) E | Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) | Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany | |
| 5 | 73.19 miles (117.78 km) W | Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) | Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany | |
| 6 | 74.33 miles (119.61 km) WNW | Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) | Kassel, Hesse, Germany | |
| 7 | 74.95 miles (120.62 km) SSE | Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) | Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 8 | 91.72 miles (147.61 km) SSW | Kitzingen Airport (KZG) | Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 9 | 101.23 miles (162.91 km) ESE | Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | |
| 10 | 101.92 miles (164.03 km) SSW | Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) | Giebelstadt, Germany | |
| 11 | 102.47 miles (164.91 km) S | Nuremberg Airport (NUE) | Nuremberg, Germany | |
| 12 | 106.68 miles (171.68 km) SE | Mariánské Lázně Airport (MKA) | Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic | |
| 13 | 110.25 miles (177.42 km) WNW | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) | Paderborn, Germany | |
| 14 | 115.93 miles (186.58 km) NNW | Hannover Airport (HAJ) | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| 15 | 118.30 miles (190.39 km) NNW | Celle Air Base (ZCN) | Celle, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,832.74 miles (19,042.90 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,433.40 miles (18,400.23 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,432.13 miles (18,398.19 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,430.91 miles (18,396.22 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,428.12 miles (18,391.74 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,427.63 miles (18,390.95 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,420.86 miles (18,380.05 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,419.73 miles (18,378.23 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,413.21 miles (18,367.74 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,404.86 miles (18,354.31 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,396.04 miles (18,340.11 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,395.22 miles (18,338.79 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,390.41 miles (18,331.05 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,377.67 miles (18,310.54 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,368.86 miles (18,296.36 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |