Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,938 miles (or 9,556 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 Lakenheath and Campo dos Amarais State Airport, 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 Lakenheath and Campo dos Amarais State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• On 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
• 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.
• Meanwhile on 30 April 1956, two Lockheed U-2s were airlifted to RAF Lakenheath to form CIA Detachment A.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
• Taking part in more than 350 operations, more than half mine-laying, 149 Squadron had one of the lowest percentage loss rates of all Stirling squadrons.
• In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
• Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and 8.3 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk.

Facts about Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ):

• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Campo dos Amarais State Airport", another name for CPQ is "Aeroporto Estadual Campo dos Amarais".
• Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Campo dos Amarais State Airport handled 28,194 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Campo dos Amarais State Airport (meaning Campo dos Amarais State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,206 miles (19,644 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) is Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) S of CPQ.