Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Cutral Có, Neuquén, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Cutral Có Airport (CUT), Cutral Có, Neuquén, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,564 miles (or 12,172 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 Cutral Có 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 Cutral Có 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 provides all operational management, aircraft maintenance, administration, and intelligence support to produce politically sensitive real-time intelligence data vital to national foreign policy.
• 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.
• RAF Mildenhall and its sister base RAF Lakenheath have the largest United States Air Force presence in the United Kingdom.
• RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934.
• 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 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 closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• The tactical component of the 100 ARW is the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, flying the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.
• In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.

Facts about Cutral Có Airport (CUT):

• Cutral Có Airport (CUT) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Cutral Có Airport (CUT) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is nearly antipodal to Cutral Có Airport (meaning Cutral Có Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport), and is located 12,376 miles (19,918 kilometers) away in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to Cutral Có Airport (CUT) is Zapala Airport (APZ), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) W of CUT.
• Because of Cutral Có Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Cutral Có 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 addition to being known as "Cutral Có Airport", another name for CUT is "Aeropuerto de Cutral Có".