Nonstop flight route between Khujirt, Övörkhangai, Mongolia and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Khujirt Airport (HJT), Khujirt, Övörkhangai, Mongolia and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,189 miles (or 6,742 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 Khujirt 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 Khujirt 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: | HJT / ZMHU |
| Airport Name: | Khujirt Airport |
| Location: | Khujirt, Övörkhangai, Mongolia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°53'59"N by 102°46'1"E |
| Area Served: | Khujirt |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HJT |
| More Information: | HJT 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 Khujirt Airport (HJT):
- The closest airport to Khujirt Airport (HJT) is Kharkhorin Airport (KHR), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of HJT.
- The furthest airport from Khujirt Airport (HJT) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Khujirt Airport (meaning Khujirt Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,217 miles (19,661 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
- Khujirt Airport (HJT) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- On 10 October 1956, a United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster transport on a Military Air Transport Service flight carrying 50 members of the 305th Bombardment Wing on their way home to the United States after a temporary duty assignment and a U.S.
- In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
- By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
