Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Mirabel (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX), Mirabel (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,268 miles (or 5,259 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 Montréal–Mirabel 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 Montréal–Mirabel 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):

• Although the last mission by the 364th took place on 25 April 1945, the group did not depart until November, returning to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for inactivation.
• Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
• From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
• Construction of Honington airfield began in 1935, and the facility was opened on 3 May 1937.
• 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.
• 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 Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX):

• The C$716 million expansion of Dorval from 2000–2005 gave it the ability to serve 20 million passengers a year, ironically accomplishing one of the goals that was to be met with the construction of Mirabel.
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• Because of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 271 feet, planes can take off or land at Montréal–Mirabel 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 Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,493 miles (18,495 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) has 2 runways.
• The federal government expropriation resulted in making Mirabel the world's largest airport by property area.
• In addition to being known as "Montréal–Mirabel International Airport", another name for YMX is "Aéroport international Montréal–Mirabel".
• Starting in 2011 the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Drag racing and other forms of Motorsport began running on the airport's runways and surrounding areas, on what is known as Circuit ICAR.
• In 1989, 81,000 acres of the 98,000 acres were deeded back to their owners.
• The closest airport to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) is Cartierville Airport (YCV), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SE of YMX.