Nonstop flight route between Zielona Góra, Poland and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), Zielona Góra, Poland and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 643 miles (or 1,036 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport and RAF Lakenheath, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG):

• The airport is a former military base.
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,631 miles (18,718 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• After the army left the airport in 2004, the property was rented to the regional authorities in 2005, so that the airport new owner could start developing the airport.
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport handled 12,276 passengers last year.
• Because of Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Zielona Góra-Babimost 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.
• The closest airport to Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of IEG.
• The airport possesses a passenger terminal of a modest capacity of 150,000 passengers yearly.
• In addition to being known as "Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport", another name for IEG is "Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra-Babimost".
• Land connections to Poznań use the newly opened motorway northeast of the airport terminal), as well as the newly renovated railway line from the airport).

Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• In conjunction with this transfer, control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from Strategic Air Command back to USAFE.
• The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath is the Statue of Liberty Wing, the only USAF wing with both a number and a name.
• 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.
• In 1941, hard runways were put down with the main runway, 04/22, being 2,000 yards, and the subsidiaries, 12/30 at 1,300 yards and 16/34 at 1,400 yards.
• On 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• In April 1947, RAF Bomber Command returned to Lakenheath and had the runways repaired, resurfaced, and readied for operations by May 1948.
• The reason for the departure of the two bomber squadrons was Lakenheath's selection for upgrading to a Very Heavy Bomber airfield.