Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Brunei International Airport (BWN), Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,949 miles (or 11,183 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 Brunei International 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 Brunei International 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 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 501st Combat Support Wing was activated at RAF Mildenhall on 21 May 2005.
• The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• 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 tactical component of the 100 ARW is the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, flying the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.
• Closed for runway repairs throughout 1958, the Military Air Transport Service transferred its main United Kingdom terminal to Mildenhall from RAF Burtonwood on 1 March 1959, and the base became "The Gateway to the United Kingdom", for most U.S.
• The 488th Intelligence Squadron a component of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, formerly the Air Intelligence Agency.
• In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.
• On 1 February 2001, the Air Intelligence Agency was re-aligned under Eighth Air Force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

Facts about Brunei International Airport (BWN):

• Brunei International Airport (BWN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brunei International Airport (BWN) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Brunei International Airport (meaning Brunei International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,837 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Because of Brunei International Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Brunei International 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.
• In 2008, it was announced that a study to review necessary expansions and modifications was completed, and a masterplan was written up soon after.
• The closest airport to Brunei International Airport (BWN) is Limbang Airport (LMN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSE of BWN.
• The growth in popularity of air travel in the 1970s resulted in a significant increase in civil aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Brunei International Airport", other names for BWN include "لاڤڠن تربڠ انتارابڠسا بروني" and "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Brunei".