Nonstop flight route between Pehuajó, Argentina and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH), Pehuajó, Argentina and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,158 miles (or 11,519 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 Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport and RAF Lakenheath, 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 Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH):

• Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) NNE of PEH.
• Because of Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport's relatively low elevation of 278 feet, planes can take off or land at Comodoro Pedro Zanni 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 furthest airport from Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH) is Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI), which is nearly antipodal to Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (meaning Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Linyi Shubuling Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Linyi, Shandong, China.

Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• The furthest airport from RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The reason for the departure of the two bomber squadrons was Lakenheath's selection for upgrading to a Very Heavy Bomber airfield.
• In early 1943, three T-2 hangars were erected on the north side of the airfield for glider storage, 40 Horsa Gliders being dispersed at Lakenheath during that year.
• The increasing tension of the Cold War lead to a re-evaluation of these deployments, and by 1953 SAC bombers began to move its heavy bomb groups further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Brize Norton, RAF Greenham Common, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford, while its shorter-range B-47 were sent to East Anglia.
• The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union in Europe began as early as 1946.