Nonstop flight route between Linyi, Shandong, China and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI), Linyi, Shandong, China and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,338 miles (or 8,591 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 Linyi Shubuling Airport and RAF Mildenhall, 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 Linyi Shubuling Airport and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI):

• The furthest airport from Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is nearly antipodal to Linyi Shubuling Airport (meaning Linyi Shubuling Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Junín Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Linyi Shubuling Airport", other names for LYI include "临沂沭埠岭机场" and "Línyí Shùbùlíng Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI) is Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SE of LYI.
• Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):

• The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• Placed on standby status after the war, it was reopened by the Royal Air Force and became a USAF-RAF joint operation base on 11 July 1950.
• Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing.
• The 352 SOG is the Air Force component for Special Operations Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the US European Command.
• The 727 AMS is part of AMC's en route system that provides fixed and deployed maintenance, aerial port and command and control support to deployed command forces across the globe.
• The furthest airport from RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Also administratively assigned to the 488th Intelligence Squadron is Operating Location Souda Bay, Crete.