Nonstop flight route between Nassau, Bahamas and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS), Nassau, Bahamas and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,368 miles (or 7,029 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 Lynden Pindling International Airport and RAF Mildenhall, 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 Lynden Pindling International Airport and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAS / MYNN |
| Airport Name: | Lynden Pindling International Airport |
| Location: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°2'20"N by 77°27'57"W |
| Area Served: | Nassau |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Bahamas |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NAS |
| More Information: | NAS Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS):
- Because of Lynden Pindling International Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Lynden Pindling 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.
- The closest airport to Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) is Andros Town Airport (ASD), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of NAS.
- Lynden Pindling International Airport handled 3,000,000 passengers last year.
- Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,746 miles (18,903 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- The name of the airport was officially changed on 6 July 2006 in honour of The Right Honourable Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
- During World War II, the airport was known as Windsor Field and was intensively used by the Royal Air Force in the delivery flights of US-built fighter and bomber aircraft such as the Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24 bombers, and the Curtiss P-40 fighter from the aircraft manufacturers to the North African and European Theatres of War.
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- On 1 February 2001, the Air Intelligence Agency was re-aligned under Eighth Air Force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
- 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 352nd develops and implements peacetime and wartime contingency plans.
- FISCSI Mildenhall is a Navy Detachment of Fleet Industrial Supply Center Sigonella, Italy.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
