Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Ardabil, Iran:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Ardabil Airport (ADU), Ardabil, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,467 miles (or 3,971 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 relatively short distance between RAF Mildenhall and Ardabil Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):

• The host unit at Mildenhall is the 100th Air Refueling Wing, which deploys aircraft for and manages the European Tanker Task Force, a rotational force which provides air refuelling to US and NATO aircraft in the European Theater.
• RAF Mildenhall is named after the nearby town of Mildenhall, Suffolk.
• The 727th Air Mobility Squadron is a unit of the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Ramstein AB, Germany.
• The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.
• 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.
• The squadron was redesignated as the 727 AMS on 15 March 2001.
• The 488th Intelligence Squadron a component of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, formerly the Air Intelligence Agency.

Facts about Ardabil Airport (ADU):

• The closest airport to Ardabil Airport (ADU) is Lankaran International Airport (LLK), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) NE of ADU.
• The furthest airport from Ardabil Airport (ADU) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,366 miles (18,291 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Ardabil Airport (ADU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Ardabil Airport's high elevation of 4,315 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ADU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ADU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.