Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC), Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,577 miles (or 8,976 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 Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International 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 Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International 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):

• A near nuclear accident occurred on 27 July 1956 – when a B-47 bomber crashed into a storage igloo at Lakenheath containing three MK-6 nuclear weapons while on a routine training mission.
• 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 closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• 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.
• 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.
• On 27 November 1948, operational control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from the Royal Air Force to USAFE.

Facts about Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC):

• Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) is Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) ENE of TLC.
• In addition to being known as "Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport", another name for TLC is "Aeropuerto Internacional Lic. Adolfo López Mateos".
• The furthest airport from Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,325 miles (18,226 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport's high elevation of 8,466 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• According to official statistics provided by Administradora Mexiquense del Aeropuerto Internacional de Toluca in 2012, the airport handled 972,414 passengers and 1,161,064 passengers in 2013.