Nonstop flight route between Butare, Rwanda and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,162 miles (or 6,699 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 Butare Airport and RAF Mildenhall, 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 Butare Airport and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTQ / HRYI | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Butare, Rwanda | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°35'42"S by 29°44'23"E | 
| Area Served: | Butare, Rwanda | 
| Operator/Owner: | Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5801 feet (1,768 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BTQ | 
| More Information: | BTQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHZ / EGUN | 
| Airport Name: | RAF Mildenhall | 
| Location: | Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°21'54"N by 0°28'50"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MHZ | 
| More Information: | MHZ Maps & Info | 
Facts about Butare Airport (BTQ):
- The closest airport to Butare Airport (BTQ) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BTQ.
- The furthest airport from Butare Airport (BTQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,946 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
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- Butare Airport (BTQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Butare Airport's high elevation of 5,801 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The 727 AMS is part of AMC's en route system that provides fixed and deployed maintenance, aerial port and command and control support to deployed command forces across the globe.
- On 1 February 2001, the Air Intelligence Agency was re-aligned under Eighth Air Force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
- The 352nd develops and implements peacetime and wartime contingency plans.
- The furthest airport from RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.




