Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Dibrugarh, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Dibrugarh Airport (DIB), Dibrugarh, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,914 miles (or 7,909 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 Dibrugarh 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 Dibrugarh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIB / VEMN |
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| Location: | Dibrugarh, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°28'50"N by 95°1'18"E |
| Area Served: | Entire Upper Assam and Eastern Part of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
| Airport Type: | Civilian airport/Indian Air Force (127 & 128 H |
| Elevation: | 362 feet (110 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DIB |
| More Information: | DIB Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- RAF Lakenheath, and nearby, RAF Mildenhall, are the two main U.S.
- The increasing tension of the Cold War lead to a re-evaluation of these deployments, and by 1953 SAC bombers began to move its heavy bomb groups further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Brize Norton, RAF Greenham Common, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford, while its shorter-range B-47 were sent to East Anglia.
- 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 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.
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
Facts about Dibrugarh Airport (DIB):
- In addition to being known as "Dibrugarh Airport", other names for DIB include "Mohanbari Airport", "ডিব্ৰুগড় বিমানবন্দৰ" and "डिब्रूगढ़ एअरपोर्ट".
- Because of Dibrugarh Airport's relatively low elevation of 362 feet, planes can take off or land at Dibrugarh 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 Dibrugarh Airport (DIB) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,586 miles (18,645 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- Dibrugarh Airport (DIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Dibrugarh Airport (DIB) is Dibrugarh Airport (MOH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of DIB.
