Nonstop flight route between Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH), Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 504 miles (or 811 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 relatively short distance between Friedrichshafen Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FDH / EDNY |
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Location: | Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°40'17"N by 9°30'41"E |
Area Served: | Friedrichshafen, Germany and Lake Constance |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1358 feet (414 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FDH |
More Information: | FDH 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 Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH):
- The closest airport to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) S of FDH.
- The furthest airport from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Friedrichshafen Airport (meaning Friedrichshafen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,045 miles (19,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Right next to the terminal there is a museum dedicated to the former German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke.
- Friedrichshafen Airport is a minor international airport 1.9 miles north of Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Friedrichshafen Airport has its own small railway station named Friedrichshafen Flughafen directly across from the terminal building.
- In addition to being known as "Friedrichshafen Airport", another name for FDH is "Flughafen Friedrichshafen".
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- In 1956, RAF Honington also became one of the main V bomber bases maintaining three Vickers Valiant squadrons, Nos, 7, 90, and 199.
- Besides the air depot, Honington also housed an operational fighter unit when the 364th Fighter Group took up residence at Honington in February 1944, arriving from Santa Maria AAF, California.
- Although the last mission by the 364th took place on 25 April 1945, the group did not depart until November, returning to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, for inactivation.
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- Construction of Honington airfield began in 1935, and the facility was opened on 3 May 1937.
- 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.
- 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.