Nonstop flight route between Grimsby, England, United Kingdom and Enewetak, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Binbrook (GSY), Grimsby, England, United Kingdom and Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT), Enewetak, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,843 miles (or 12,623 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 RAF Binbrook and Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield, 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 RAF Binbrook and Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Binbrook (GSY):

• RAF Binbrook (GSY) has 3 runways.
• As of 2012 a majority of the accommodation blocks have been demolished.
• The furthest airport from RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The station closed as a Main Operating Base in the 1980s, although it continued as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Scampton into the early 1990s before eventually closing and all military activity ceasing, it was subsequently sold off for development.
• The closest airport to RAF Binbrook (GSY) is Humberside Airport (HUY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of GSY.

Facts about Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT):

• Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield 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.
• The furthest airport from Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (meaning Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,114 miles (19,496 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) is Bikini Atoll Airport (BII), which is located 220 miles (354 kilometers) E of ENT.