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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL), Trelew, Chubut, Argentina and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,679 miles (or 12,357 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 Almirante Marcos A. Zar 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 Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL):

• Because of Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Almirante Marcos A. Zar 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.
• This airport is 7 km from Trelew and 26 km from Rawson.
• In addition to being known as "Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport", another name for REL is "Aeropuerto de Trelew - Almirante Marcos A. Zar Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar".
• The closest airport to Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) is El Tehuelche Airport (PMY), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) NNE of REL.
• The furthest airport from Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) is Xilinhot Airport (XIL), which is nearly antipodal to Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (meaning Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Xilinhot Airport), and is located 12,358 miles (19,887 kilometers) away in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
• Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath is the Statue of Liberty Wing, the only USAF wing with both a number and a name.
• Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and 8.3 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk.
• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• A near nuclear accident occurred on 27 July 1956 – when a B-47 bomber crashed into a storage igloo at Lakenheath containing three MK-6 nuclear weapons while on a routine training mission.
• The reason for the departure of the two bomber squadrons was Lakenheath's selection for upgrading to a Very Heavy Bomber airfield.
• In 1941, hard runways were put down with the main runway, 04/22, being 2,000 yards, and the subsidiaries, 12/30 at 1,300 yards and 16/34 at 1,400 yards.
• 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.
• Control of RAF Lakenheath was allocated to Third Air Force at South Ruislip Air Station, which had command of SAC B-29 operations in England.
• On 27 November 1948, operational control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from the Royal Air Force to USAFE.