Nonstop flight route between New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,410 miles (or 5,488 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 Tweed New Haven Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, 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 Tweed New Haven Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):

• Jet flights from New Haven to Chicago-O'Hare started in 1985-86, initially on Air Wisconsin's BAE-146s as "United Express".
• The furthest airport from Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tweed is one of two airline airports in Connecticut, the other being Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
• The closest airport to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of HVN.
• Today the airport is operated by AvPorts of Teterboro, New Jersey, under contract by the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority.
• Because of Tweed New Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Tweed New Haven 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.
• Tweed-New Haven Airport covers 394 acres at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.

Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):

• Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
• Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.
• The group patrolled the English Channel during the Normandy invasion in June 1944, and, while continuing escort operations, supported ground forces in France after the invasion by strafing and bombing locomotives, marshalling yards, bridges, barges, and other targets.
• 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.
• In the event, the F-111 never entered service with the RAF, and in 1968, the airfield became the UK base for the RAF's Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer bomber.
• In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
• 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.