Nonstop flight route between Tongren, Guizhou, China and Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN), Tongren, Guizhou, China and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,427 miles (or 8,734 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 Tongren Fenghuang Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375, 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 Tongren Fenghuang Airport and RAF Honington USAAF Station 375. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TEN / ZUTR |
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Location: | Tongren, Guizhou, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°52'59"N by 109°18'32"E |
Area Served: | Tongren and Fenghuang |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from TEN |
More Information: | TEN 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 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEQ |
More Information: | BEQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN):
- The furthest airport from Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN) is Chamonate Airfield (CPO), which is nearly antipodal to Tongren Fenghuang Airport (meaning Tongren Fenghuang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chamonate Airfield), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Tongren Fenghuang Airport", other names for TEN include "铜仁凤凰机场" and "Tóngjìn Fènghuáng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN) is Zhijiang Airport (HJJ), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) SE of TEN.
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- With the departure of the USAAF in February 1946, Honington airfield was returned to the RAF.
- In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
- 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.
- 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.
- Converted from P-38 Lightnings to P-51 Mustangs in the summer of 1944 and from then until the end of the war flew many long-range escort missions heavy bombers that attacked oil refineries, industries, and other strategic objectives at Berlin, Regensburg, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Brussels, and elsewhere.
- IX Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.