Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Jackson, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Jackson County Airport (JXN), Jackson, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,807 miles (or 6,127 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 Jackson County 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 Jackson County 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):

• 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.
• On 27 November 1948, operational control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from the Royal Air Force to USAFE.
• By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
• The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.
• In response to the threat by the Soviet Union, by the 1948 Berlin blockade, President Truman decided to realign USAFE into a permanent combat-capable force.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• By 1950, Lakenheath was one of three main operating bases for the U.S.
• Following French president Charles de Gaulle's insistence in 1959 that all non-French nuclear-capable forces should be withdrawn from his country, the USAF began a redeployment of its North American F-100-equipped units from France.
• The reason for the departure of the two bomber squadrons was Lakenheath's selection for upgrading to a Very Heavy Bomber airfield.

Facts about Jackson County Airport (JXN):

• The closest airport to Jackson County Airport (JXN) is Lenawee County Airport (ADG), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SE of JXN.
• Jackson County-Reynolds Field covers an area of 700 acres at an elevation of 1,001 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Jackson County Airport", another name for JXN is "Reynolds Field".
• Jackson County Airport (JXN) has 2 runways.
• The airport is home to the Jackson College Flight Center.
• The furthest airport from Jackson County Airport (JXN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,232 miles (18,075 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.