Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Gelendzhik, Krasnodarskiy, Russia:
Departure Airport:
(52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E)
Arrival Airport:
(44°34'20"N by 38°0'33"E)
Distance from BEQ to GDZ:
1,766.34 miles (2,842.65 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 Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ), Gelendzhik, Krasnodarskiy, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,766 miles (or 2,843 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 Gelendzhik 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: | GDZ / URKG |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Gelendzhik, Krasnodarskiy, Russia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°34'20"N by 38°0'33"E |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 88 feet (27 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GDZ |
| More Information: | GDZ Maps & Info |
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.
- Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
- 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.
- Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
- 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.
- In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
Facts about Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ):
- The closest airport to Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ) is Anapa Airport (AAQ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NW of GDZ.
- Because of Gelendzhik Airport's relatively low elevation of 88 feet, planes can take off or land at Gelendzhik 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.
- In addition to being known as "Gelendzhik Airport", another name for GDZ is "Аэропорт Геленджик".
- The furthest airport from Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 10,899 miles (17,540 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ) currently has only 1 runway.
| 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 | 43.99 miles (70.80 km) NW | Anapa Airport (AAQ) | Anapa, Russia | |
| 2 | 65.27 miles (105.04 km) ENE | Krasnodar International Airport (KRR) | Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 3 | 96.09 miles (154.64 km) NW | Kerch Airport (KHC) | Kerch, Ukraine | |
| 4 | 124.00 miles (199.56 km) SE | Sochi International Airport, Russia (AER) | Sochi, Krasnodar, Russia | |
| 5 | 166.27 miles (267.59 km) NNW | Berdyansk Airport (ERD) | Berdyansk, Ukraine | |
| 6 | 174.77 miles (281.27 km) N | Mariupol International Airport (MPW) | Mariupol, Ukraine | |
| 7 | 195.65 miles (314.86 km) SE | Sukhumi Babushara Airport (SUI) | Sukhumi, Georgia | |
| 8 | 200.48 miles (322.63 km) W | Simferopol International Airport (SIP) | Simferopol, Ukraine | |
| 9 | 204.43 miles (329.00 km) ENE | Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport (STW) | Stavropol, Russia | |
| 10 | 204.92 miles (329.78 km) NNE | Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV) | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | |
| 11 | 230.42 miles (370.83 km) SW | Sinop Airport (NOP) | Sinop, Turkey | |
| 12 | 240.13 miles (386.46 km) SSW | Samsun-Çarşamba Airport (SZF) | Samsun, Turkey | |
| 13 | 242.38 miles (390.07 km) N | Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) | Donetsk, Ukraine | |
| 14 | 251.52 miles (404.78 km) E | Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV) | Mineralnye Vody, Russia | |
| 15 | 261.48 miles (420.81 km) NNW | Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) | Zaporizhia, Ukraine | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,898.65 miles (17,539.63 km) SSW | Totegegie Airport (GMR) | Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 10,817.14 miles (17,408.46 km) SSE | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 10,780.65 miles (17,349.74 km) S | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 4 | 10,741.23 miles (17,286.29 km) E | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 10,679.80 miles (17,187.42 km) S | Nukutavake Airport (NUK) | Nukutavake, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 6 | 10,627.43 miles (17,103.15 km) SE | Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands | |
| 7 | 10,604.98 miles (17,067.02 km) S | Hao Airport (HOI) | Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia | |
| 8 | 10,598.60 miles (17,056.74 km) S | Pukarua Airport (PUK) | Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 10,544.75 miles (16,970.08 km) S | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 10 | 10,532.81 miles (16,950.88 km) SSE | Akatoka Manava Airport (Mauke Airport) (MUK) | Mauke Island, Cook Islands | |
| 11 | 10,529.09 miles (16,944.89 km) SE | Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) | Avarua, Cook Islands | |
| 12 | 10,518.56 miles (16,927.94 km) SSE | Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia | |
| 13 | 10,511.98 miles (16,917.35 km) SSE | Moorea Airport (MOZ) | Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 10,504.75 miles (16,905.71 km) SSE | Mitiaro Island Airport (MOI) | Mitiaro Island, Cook Islands | |
| 15 | 10,500.83 miles (16,899.40 km) S | Makemo Airport (MKP) | Makemo, French Polynesia | |