Nonstop flight route between Moa, Cuba and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA), Moa, Cuba and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,500 miles (or 7,243 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 Orestes Acosta Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, 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 Orestes Acosta Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA):

• Because of Orestes Acosta Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Orestes Acosta 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 "Orestes Acosta Airport", another name for MOA is "Aeropuerto Orestes Acosta".
• Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA) is Gustavo Rizo Airport (BCA), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SE of MOA.
• The furthest airport from Orestes Acosta Airport (MOA) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):

• The furthest airport from RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,834 miles (19,044 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The group patrolled the English Channel during the Normandy invasion in June 1944, and, while continuing escort operations, supported ground forces in France after the invasion by strafing and bombing locomotives, marshalling yards, bridges, barges, and other targets.
• The closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
• Honington was assigned USAAF designation Station 375.
• In 1956, RAF Honington also became one of the main V bomber bases maintaining three Vickers Valiant squadrons, Nos, 7, 90, and 199.