Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Lewistown, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT), Lewistown, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,425 miles (or 7,122 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 Lewistown Municipal 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 Lewistown Municipal 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):

• In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
• In addition to supporting three combat-ready squadrons of F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, the Liberty Wing houses the 56th Rescue Squadron's HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue helicopters.
• 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 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT):

• The closest airport to Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) is Roundup Airport (RPX), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SE of LWT.
• Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,508 miles (16,911 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Lewistown Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,170 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LWT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LWT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Lewiston Army Airfield was built in 1942 as one of four training facilities for B-17 Flying Fortress crews and had a storage site for the top secret Norden Bombsight.
• The airfield was in operation during a 12-month period between 1942 and 1943 and thereafter deactivated.
• Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy.
• In addition to being known as "Lewistown Municipal Airport", another name for LWT is "Lewistown Army Airfield".