Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Yagoua, Cameroon:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Yagoua Airport (GXX), Yagoua, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,019 miles (or 4,859 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 Yagoua 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 Yagoua 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: | GXX / FKKJ |
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Location: | Yagoua, Cameroon |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°21'23"N by 15°14'15"E |
Area Served: | Yagoua |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1070 feet (326 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GXX |
More Information: | GXX Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- 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.
- Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union in Europe began as early as 1946.
- Many SAC Squadrons had aircraft at RAF Lakenheath on a transitotry basis without any recorded deployment to the base.
- In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
Facts about Yagoua Airport (GXX):
- In addition to being known as "Yagoua Airport", another name for GXX is "Yagoua Airport (Yagoua)".
- The furthest airport from Yagoua Airport (GXX) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Yagoua Airport (meaning Yagoua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,181 miles (19,603 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
- The closest airport to Yagoua Airport (GXX) is Bongor Airport (OGR), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) ESE of GXX.
- Yagoua Airport (GXX) currently has only 1 runway.