Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Qala i Naw, Afghanistan:

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A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN), Qala i Naw, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,224 miles (or 5,189 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 Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر, 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 Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر. 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):

• IX Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.
• In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.
• The group patrolled the English Channel during the Normandy invasion in June 1944, and, while continuing escort operations, supported ground forces in France after the invasion by strafing and bombing locomotives, marshalling yards, bridges, barges, and other targets.

Facts about Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN):

• In addition to being known as "Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر", other names for LQN include "Qala-I-Naw Airport (Qala-I-Naw)" and "KDH".
• Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN) is Herat International Airport (HEA), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) SW of LQN.
• The furthest airport from Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,739 miles (18,893 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.