Nonstop flight route between Wells, Nevada, United States and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wells Municipal Airport (LWL), Wells, Nevada, United States and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,925 miles (or 7,925 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 Wells Municipal Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, 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 Wells Municipal Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wells Municipal Airport (LWL):

• The furthest airport from Wells Municipal Airport (LWL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,634 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Wells Municipal Airport (LWL) is Elko Regional Airport (EKO), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) WSW of LWL.
• Because of Wells Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,769 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LWL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LWL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Wells Municipal Airport (LWL) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Wells Municipal Airport", another name for LWL is "Harriet Field".

Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):

• With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.
• In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
• The Luftwaffe made several attacks on the airfield one of which killed about twenty airmen who were crossing the old parade ground on their way to tea.
• Converted from P-38 Lightnings to P-51 Mustangs in the summer of 1944 and from then until the end of the war flew many long-range escort missions heavy bombers that attacked oil refineries, industries, and other strategic objectives at Berlin, Regensburg, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Brussels, and elsewhere.
• The furthest airport from RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,834 miles (19,044 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
• In 1956, RAF Honington also became one of the main V bomber bases maintaining three Vickers Valiant squadrons, Nos, 7, 90, and 199.