Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay:
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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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC), Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,196 miles (or 9,972 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International 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: | PJC / SGPJ |
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Location: | Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°38'29"S by 55°49'46"W |
Area Served: | Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1873 feet (571 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PJC |
More Information: | PJC Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- 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.
- In the event, the F-111 never entered service with the RAF, and in 1968, the airfield became the UK base for the RAF's Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer bomber.
- 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.
- Converted from P-38 Lightnings to P-51 Mustangs in the summer of 1944 and from then until the end of the war flew many long-range escort missions heavy bombers that attacked oil refineries, industries, and other strategic objectives at Berlin, Regensburg, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Brussels, and elsewhere.
Facts about Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC):
- The closest airport to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NE of PJC.
- The furthest airport from Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (meaning Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,853 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport", another name for PJC is "Aeródromo de Pedro Juan Caballero Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster".
- Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) currently has only 1 runway.