Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,842 miles (or 7,793 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 Salt Lake City International 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLC / KSLC |
Airport Name: | Salt Lake City International Airport |
Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'17"N by 111°58'40"W |
Area Served: | Northern Utah area and beyond |
Operator/Owner: | Salt Lake City |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4227 feet (1,288 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from SLC |
More Information: | SLC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKZ / EGUL |
Airport Name: | RAF Lakenheath |
Location: | Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°24'29"N by 0°33'24"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from LKZ |
More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):
- The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
- The Utah Air National Guard operates Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base on the east side of the airport.
- The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport handled 156,319 metric tonnes of cargo in 2008.
- The airport is owned by Salt Lake City Corporation and is administered by the Salt Lake City Department of Airports.
- Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
- As air travel became more popular and the United States Air Force established a base at the airport during World War II, a third runway was added.
- During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion to both terminals as well as runway extension.
- Salt Lake City International Airport is a civil-military airport about 4 miles west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- Lakenheath Airfield was used by RAF flying units on detachment late in 1941.
- Aircraft of the 48th FW carry the tail code "LN".
- On 1 May 1951, Lakenheath was transferred from USAFE to SAC, and placed under the 3909th Air Base Group.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.