Nonstop flight route between Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport (GOK), Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,609 miles (or 7,417 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 Guthrie–Edmond Regional 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 Guthrie–Edmond Regional 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: | GOK / KGOK |
Airport Name: | Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport |
Location: | Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°51'5"N by 97°24'57"W |
Area Served: | Guthrie, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Guthrie |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1069 feet (326 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GOK |
More Information: | GOK 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 Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport (GOK):
- Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport (GOK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport (GOK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,825 miles (17,421 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
- The closest airport to Guthrie–Edmond Regional Airport (GOK) is Wiley Post Airport (PWA), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SSW of GOK.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- In April 1947, RAF Bomber Command returned to Lakenheath and had the runways repaired, resurfaced, and readied for operations by May 1948.
- By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
- Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and 8.3 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- Control of RAF Lakenheath was allocated to Third Air Force at South Ruislip Air Station, which had command of SAC B-29 operations in England.
- 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.
- Many SAC Squadrons had aircraft at RAF Lakenheath on a transitotry basis without any recorded deployment to the base.
- The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.