Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Eureka, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Eureka Airport (EUE), Eureka, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,033 miles (or 8,100 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 Eureka 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 Eureka 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 closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
• 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.
• The 352nd develops and implements peacetime and wartime contingency plans.
• 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.
• 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 tactical component of the 100 ARW is the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, flying the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.
• 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.

Facts about Eureka Airport (EUE):

• Because of Eureka Airport's high elevation of 5,958 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EUE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EUE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Eureka Airport (EUE) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,076 miles (17,825 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In addition to being known as "Eureka Airport", another name for EUE is "Ø5U".
• Eureka Airport covers an area of 800 acres at an elevation of 5,958 feet above mean sea level.
• Eureka Airport (EUE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Eureka Airport is a county owned, public use airport located six nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Eureka, in Eureka County, Nevada, United States.
• The closest airport to Eureka Airport (EUE) is Austin Airport (ASQ), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) W of EUE.