Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Rijeka, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Rijeka Airport (RJK), Rijeka, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 796 miles (or 1,281 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 relatively short distance between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 and Rijeka Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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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.
• From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
• 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 flew the first RAF bombing raid of the Second World War on 4 September 1939 flying a mission against the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic resulting in the loss of two Wellingtons.
• 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.

Facts about Rijeka Airport (RJK):

• Because of Rijeka Airport's relatively low elevation of 278 feet, planes can take off or land at Rijeka 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.
• Rijeka Airport (RJK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Before the Second World War the city was divided between Yugoslavia and Italy.
• The closest airport to Rijeka Airport (RJK) is Pula Airport (PUY), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) SW of RJK.
• In addition to being known as "Rijeka Airport", another name for RJK is "Zračna luka Rijeka/Krk I.".
• The furthest airport from Rijeka Airport (RJK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.