Nonstop flight route between El Dorado, Arkansas, United States and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD), El Dorado, Arkansas, United States and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,570 miles (or 7,354 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 South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field 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 South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 511 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 157 enplanements in 2009, and 1,222 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,861 miles (17,479 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field's relatively low elevation of 277 feet, planes can take off or land at South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (ELD) is Magnolia Municipal Airport (AGO), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) W of ELD.

Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):

• RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands – Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe.
• The 352 SOG is the Air Force component for Special Operations Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the US European Command.
• On 1 October 2002, the 488th was re-aligned from the 67th Information Operations Wing to the 55th Wing.
• The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.
• Also administratively assigned to the 488th Intelligence Squadron is Operating Location Souda Bay, Crete.
• 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.