Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Kili Island, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Kili Airport (KIO), Kili Island, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,372 miles (or 13,473 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 Kili 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 Kili 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 364th FG flew escort, dive-bombing, strafing, and patrol missions in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
• 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.
• In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
• The Luftwaffe made several attacks on the airfield one of which killed about twenty airmen who were crossing the old parade ground on their way to tea.
• 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.

Facts about Kili Airport (KIO):

• The furthest airport from Kili Airport (KIO) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Kili Airport (meaning Kili Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,147 miles (19,548 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Kili Airport (KIO) is Jaluit Airport (UIT), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) ENE of KIO.
• In addition to being known as "Kili Airport", another name for KIO is "Q51".
• Because of Kili Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Kili 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.
• Kili Airport (KIO) currently has only 1 runway.