Nonstop flight route between Durango, Durango, Mexico and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO), Durango, Durango, Mexico and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,506 miles (or 8,861 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 General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport and RAF Lakenheath, 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 General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGO / MMDO |
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| Location: | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°7'27"N by 104°31'53"W |
| Area Served: | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6102 feet (1,860 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DGO |
| More Information: | DGO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKZ / EGUL |
| Airport Name: | RAF Lakenheath |
| Location: | Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°24'29"N by 0°33'24"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from LKZ |
| More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO):
- The furthest airport from General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,605 miles (18,676 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport's high elevation of 6,102 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DGO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DGO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport", another name for DGO is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria".
- The closest airport to General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) is Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) NE of DGO.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- The furthest airport from RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- On 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
- Following French president Charles de Gaulle's insistence in 1959 that all non-French nuclear-capable forces should be withdrawn from his country, the USAF began a redeployment of its North American F-100-equipped units from France.
- In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
