Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Bandırma, Turkey:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Bandırma Airport (BDM), Bandırma, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,539 miles (or 2,477 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 Bandırma Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHZ / EGUN |
Airport Name: | RAF Mildenhall |
Location: | Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°21'54"N by 0°28'50"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from MHZ |
More Information: | MHZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDM / LTBG |
Airport Name: | Bandırma Airport |
Location: | Bandırma, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°19'4"N by 27°58'38"E |
Area Served: | Bandırma |
Operator/Owner: | Turkish Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military / Public |
Elevation: | 170 feet (52 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BDM |
More Information: | BDM Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The 352 SOG is the Air Force component for Special Operations Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the US European Command.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- 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.
- 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.
- In August 1979, the 6954th Security Squadron was designated as the 6954th Electronic Security Squadron to coincide with the designation of United States Air Force Security Service as the Electronic Security Command.
- 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.
- The 727th Air Mobility Squadron is a unit of the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Ramstein AB, Germany.
- 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.
Facts about Bandırma Airport (BDM):
- Because of Bandırma Airport's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Bandırma Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Bandırma Airport (BDM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bandırma Airport (BDM) is Balıkesir Airport (BZI), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) S of BDM.
- The furthest airport from Bandırma Airport (BDM) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,200 miles (18,025 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.