Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Orlando, Florida, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from MHZ to ISM:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- MHZ Airport Information
- ISM Airport Information
- Facts about MHZ
- Facts about ISM
- Map of Nearest Airports to MHZ
- List of Nearest Airports to MHZ
- Map of Furthest Airports from MHZ
- List of Furthest Airports from MHZ
- Map of Nearest Airports to ISM
- List of Nearest Airports to ISM
- Map of Furthest Airports from ISM
- List of Furthest Airports from ISM
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM), Orlando, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,367 miles (or 7,027 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 Kissimmee Gateway 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 Kissimmee Gateway Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | ISM / KISM |
Airport Name: | Kissimmee Gateway Airport |
Location: | Orlando, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°17'22"N by 81°26'13"W |
Area Served: | Orlando, Florida |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 82 feet (25 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISM |
More Information: | ISM Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (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 488th Intelligence Squadron a component of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, formerly the Air Intelligence Agency.
- 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.
- The 352nd develops and implements peacetime and wartime contingency plans.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- Placed on standby status after the war, it was reopened by the Royal Air Force and became a USAF-RAF joint operation base on 11 July 1950.
- 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 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 mission of the 352 SOG is to serve as the focal point for all U.S.
Facts about Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM):
- The furthest airport from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,499 miles (18,506 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is Walt Disney World Airport (DWS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of ISM.
- The airport opened in April 1940 by the United States Army Air Forces.
- The airport does not offer scheduled passenger service.
- Because of Kissimmee Gateway Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Kissimmee Gateway 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.