Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia:
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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 Long Semado Airport (LSM), Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,005 miles (or 11,274 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 Long Semado 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 Long Semado 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: | LSM / WBGD |
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Location: | Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°12'59"N by 115°34'58"E |
Area Served: | Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Malaysia Airports Sdn. Bhd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2150 feet (655 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LSM |
More Information: | LSM Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- 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.
- IX Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.
- 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.
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
Facts about Long Semado Airport (LSM):
- Long Semado Airport (LSM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Long Semado Airport (LSM) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Long Semado Airport (meaning Long Semado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Long Semado Airport (LSM) is Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) S of LSM.
- In addition to being known as "Long Semado Airport", another name for LSM is "Lapangan Terbang Long Semado".