Nonstop flight route between El Dorado, Venezuela and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Dorado Airport (EOR), El Dorado, Venezuela and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,695 miles (or 7,555 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 El Dorado 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 El Dorado Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Dorado Airport (EOR):

• The closest airport to El Dorado Airport (EOR) is Canaima Airport (CAJ), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) WSW of EOR.
• The furthest airport from El Dorado Airport (EOR) is Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport (BMU), which is nearly antipodal to El Dorado Airport (meaning El Dorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport), and is located 12,309 miles (19,810 kilometers) away in Bima, Indonesia.
• Because of El Dorado Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at El Dorado Airport 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.

Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
• In April 1947, RAF Bomber Command returned to Lakenheath and had the runways repaired, resurfaced, and readied for operations by May 1948.
• 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.
• Meanwhile on 30 April 1956, two Lockheed U-2s were airlifted to RAF Lakenheath to form CIA Detachment A.
• 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.