Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey:
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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 Yenişehir Airport (YEI), Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,592 miles (or 2,562 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 Yenişehir Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | YEI / LTBR |
| Airport Name: | Yenişehir Airport |
| Location: | Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°15'18"N by 29°33'45"E |
| Area Served: | Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 764 feet (233 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YEI |
| More Information: | YEI Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
- 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.
- English Electric Canberra bomber squadrons, 10, XV, 44, and 57 were based at RAF Honington from February 1955 to 1957.
- 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.
- 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 Yenişehir Airport (YEI):
- The furthest airport from Yenişehir Airport (YEI) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,204 miles (18,031 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Yenişehir Airport (YEI) is Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of YEI.
- Yenişehir Airport (YEI) has 2 runways.
- Because of Yenişehir Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Yenişehir 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.
