Nonstop flight route between Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Millville, New Jersey, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Benson (BEX), Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), Millville, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,522 miles (or 5,668 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 Benson and Millville Municipal 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 Benson and Millville Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEX / EGUB |
| Airport Name: | RAF Benson |
| Location: | Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°36'59"N by 1°5'44"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from BEX |
| More Information: | BEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIV / KMIV |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Millville, New Jersey, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°22'4"N by 75°4'19"W |
| Area Served: | Millville, New Jersey |
| Operator/Owner: | DRBA - City of Millville |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MIV |
| More Information: | MIV Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Benson (BEX):
- The station retained a reconnaissance role for some years after the war, with Avro Lancaster, Spitfire, Mosquito, Gloster Meteor PR.Mk 10 and English Electric Canberra PR.Mk 3 aircraft.
- The Battles were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers.
- The Chiltern Air Support Unit helicopter and the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance helicopter are also both located here as lodger units.
- Benson is currently home to 28 Squadron, 78 Squadron, 33 Squadron, 230 Squadron and also to Oxford University Air Squadron and No.
- The furthest airport from RAF Benson (BEX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,879 miles (19,118 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Its Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito aircraft flew missions over occupied Europe, for example bringing back battle damage assessment pictures after Operation Chastise.
- The closest airport to RAF Benson (BEX) is RAF High Wycombe (HYC), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of BEX.
Facts about Millville Municipal Airport (MIV):
- The furthest airport from Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,760 miles (18,926 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On 30 October 1945 Millville AAF was inactivated and on 31 December the airfield was declared excess to the governments needs, and returned to the City of Millville through the War Assets Administration.
- The closest airport to Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) is Cape May Airport (WWD), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SSE of MIV.
- Millville Municipal Airport (MIV) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Millville Municipal Airport", another name for MIV is "Millville Army Airfield".
- Because of Millville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Millville Municipal 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.
