Nonstop flight route between Troyes, France and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Troyes - Barberey Airport (QYR), Troyes, France and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 312 miles (or 503 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 relatively short distance between Troyes - Barberey Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QYR / LFQB |
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Location: | Troyes, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°19'18"N by 4°1'0"E |
Area Served: | Troyes, France |
Operator/Owner: | CCI de Troyes et de l'Aube |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 388 feet (118 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from QYR |
More Information: | QYR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEQ / EGXH |
Airport Name: | RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 |
Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
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More Information: | BEQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Troyes - Barberey Airport (QYR):
- The closest airport to Troyes - Barberey Airport (QYR) is Châlons Vatry Airport (XCR), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NNE of QYR.
- In addition to being known as "Troyes - Barberey Airport", another name for QYR is "Aéroport de Troyes - Barberey".
- The furthest airport from Troyes - Barberey Airport (QYR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Troyes - Barberey Airport (meaning Troyes - Barberey Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,124 miles (19,512 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Troyes - Barberey Airport (QYR) has 3 runways.
- Because of Troyes - Barberey Airport's relatively low elevation of 388 feet, planes can take off or land at Troyes - Barberey 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.
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- Honington was the last USAAF station to be returned to the RAF.
- In the event, the F-111 never entered service with the RAF, and in 1968, the airfield became the UK base for the RAF's Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer bomber.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
- Then, in May of that year, a Wellington returning from a night trip attempted to land at Honington with its wheels retracted.
- Besides the air depot, Honington also housed an operational fighter unit when the 364th Fighter Group took up residence at Honington in February 1944, arriving from Santa Maria AAF, California.