Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Abou-Deia, Chad:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD), Abou-Deia, Chad would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,014 miles (or 4,850 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 Mildenhall and Abou-Deïa 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 Mildenhall and Abou-Deïa 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 Mildenhall (MHZ):

• The squadron was redesignated as the 727 AMS on 15 March 2001.
• 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 95th Reconnaissance Squadron conducts RC-135 Rivet Joint flight operations in the European and Mediterranean theatres of operations as tasked by National Command Authorities and European Command.
• In order to meet a perceived "continental threat", the British military developed the idea to site an RAF bomber base at Mildenhall in the late 1920s.
• The mission of the 352 SOG is to serve as the focal point for all U.S.
• The present 488th Intelligence Squadron traces its lineage back to the 6954th Security Squadron which was originally designated Detachment 1 of the 6985th Security Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford, England, in June 1967.
• RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands – Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe.
• The 488th Intelligence Squadron a component of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, formerly the Air Intelligence Agency.
• The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.

Facts about Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD):

• The closest airport to Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD) is Zakouma Airport (AKM), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) SE of AOD.
• Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Abou-Deïa Airport (meaning Abou-Deïa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,890 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.