Nonstop flight route between Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Coondewanna Airport (CJF), Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,635 miles (or 13,897 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 Coondewanna 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 Coondewanna 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: | CJF / YCWA |
Airport Name: | Coondewanna Airport |
Location: | Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°58'0"S by 118°48'7"E |
Operator/Owner: | BHP Billiton Iron Ore |
Elevation: | 2327 feet (709 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CJF |
More Information: | CJF 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 Coondewanna Airport (CJF):
- The furthest airport from Coondewanna Airport (CJF) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Coondewanna Airport (meaning Coondewanna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- The closest airport to Coondewanna Airport (CJF) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NE of CJF.
- Coondewanna Airport (CJF) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
- English Electric Canberra bomber squadrons, 10, XV, 44, and 57 were based at RAF Honington from February 1955 to 1957.
- RAF Honington is also now home to 611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron due to the closure of RAF Watton in April 2012, requiring their conversion to the Grob 109B Vigilant motor glider.
- The 364th FG flew escort, dive-bombing, strafing, and patrol missions in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
- Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.
- Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
- 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.
- 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.