Nonstop flight route between Chiloquin, Oregon, United States and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chiloquin State Airport (CHZ), Chiloquin, Oregon, United States and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,041 miles (or 8,113 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 Chiloquin State Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, 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 Chiloquin State Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHZ / |
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Location: | Chiloquin, Oregon, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°34'59"N by 121°52'33"W |
Area Served: | Chiloquin, Oregon |
Operator/Owner: | Oregon Department of Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4217 feet (1,285 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHZ |
More Information: | CHZ Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Chiloquin State Airport (CHZ):
- In addition to being known as "Chiloquin State Airport", another name for CHZ is "2S7".
- Chiloquin State Airport (CHZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Chiloquin State Airport's high elevation of 4,217 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CHZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CHZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Chiloquin State Airport (CHZ) is Crater Lake- Klamath Regional Airport (LMT), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSE of CHZ.
- The furthest airport from Chiloquin State Airport (CHZ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,068 miles (17,813 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- The 364th FG flew escort, dive-bombing, strafing, and patrol missions in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
- 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.
- From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
- In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
- IX Squadron flew the first RAF bombing raid of the Second World War on 4 September 1939 flying a mission against the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic resulting in the loss of two Wellingtons.
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- 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.