Nonstop flight route between Tokat, Turkey and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tokat Airport (TJK), Tokat, Turkey and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,876 miles (or 3,019 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 Tokat Airport and RAF Lakenheath, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TJK / LTAW |
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Location: | Tokat, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°18'42"N by 36°22'24"E |
Area Served: | Tokat |
Operator/Owner: | Turkish Government Airport Management Turkish: Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi (DHMİ) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1830 feet (558 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TJK |
More Information: | TJK 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 Tokat Airport (TJK):
- The closest airport to Tokat Airport (TJK) is Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) SE of TJK.
- In addition to being known as "Tokat Airport", another name for TJK is "Tokat Havalimanı".
- The furthest airport from Tokat Airport (TJK) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,142 miles (17,931 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- Tokat Airport (TJK) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
- 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.
- In response to the threat by the Soviet Union, by the 1948 Berlin blockade, President Truman decided to realign USAFE into a permanent combat-capable force.
- 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 closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of 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.