Nonstop flight route between Kassel, Hesse, Germany and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), Kassel, Hesse, Germany and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 382 miles (or 615 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 Kassel Calden 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 Kassel Calden Airport (KSF):

• The closest airport to Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) is Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSW of KSF.
• Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) has 3 runways.
• A completely new regional airport has been built next to the old airport to accommodate commercial chartered and scheduled carriers as well as the business and general aviation from the old airport.
• Because of Kassel Calden Airport's relatively low elevation of 820 feet, planes can take off or land at Kassel Calden 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 furthest airport from Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,845 miles (19,063 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport features two aprons, one in front of the passenger terminal for two mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320 family and a separate one for general aviation aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Kassel Calden Airport", another name for KSF is "Flughafen Kassel-Calden".
• The nearest other minor international airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport approx.

Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• RAF Lakenheath, and nearby, RAF Mildenhall, are the two main U.S.
• 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.
• By 1950, Lakenheath was one of three main operating bases for the U.S.
• 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.
• 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 work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.