Nonstop flight route between Brownwood, Texas, United States and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Brownwood Regional Airport (BWD), Brownwood, Texas, United States and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,878 miles (or 7,851 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 Brownwood Regional 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 Brownwood Regional 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: | BWD / KBWD | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Brownwood, Texas, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°47'36"N by 98°57'23"W | 
| Area Served: | Brownwood, Texas | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Brownwood | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1387 feet (423 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BWD | 
| More Information: | BWD 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 Brownwood Regional Airport (BWD):
- The furthest airport from Brownwood Regional Airport (BWD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,061 miles (17,801 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Brownwood Regional Airport (BWD) is Coleman Municipal Airport (COM), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) W of BWD.
- In addition to being known as "Brownwood Regional Airport", another name for BWD is "Brownwood Army Airfield".
- Brownwood Regional Airport (BWD) has 2 runways.
- Brownwood Regional Airport is six miles north of Brownwood, in Brown County, Texas.
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- Placed on standby status after the war, it was reopened by the Royal Air Force and became a USAF-RAF joint operation base on 11 July 1950.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- In August 1979, the 6954th Security Squadron was designated as the 6954th Electronic Security Squadron to coincide with the designation of United States Air Force Security Service as the Electronic Security Command.
- 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.
- The squadron provides all operational management, aircraft maintenance, administration, and intelligence support to produce politically sensitive real-time intelligence data vital to national foreign policy.
- The 488th Intelligence Squadron a component of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, formerly the Air Intelligence Agency.
- RAF Mildenhall and its sister base RAF Lakenheath have the largest United States Air Force presence in the United Kingdom.
- The 95 RS supports RC-135, OC-135, and E-4 missions when theatre deployed.




