Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Panama City, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), Panama City, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,321 miles (or 8,563 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 Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International 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 Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International 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 also flew air-sea rescue missions, engaged in patrol activities, and continued to support ground forces as the battle line moved through France and into Germany.
• Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
• Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.

Facts about Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC):

• Because of Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International 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.
• The furthest airport from Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (meaning Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,106 miles (19,482 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport", another name for PAC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert"".
• The closest airport to Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) is Tocumen International Airport (PTY), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of PAC.
• Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport handled 289,197 passengers last year.