Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Le Mars, Iowa, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ), Le Mars, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,222 miles (or 6,794 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 RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 and Le Mars Municipal Airport, 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 RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 and Le Mars Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LRJ / KLRJ |
Airport Name: | Le Mars Municipal Airport |
Location: | Le Mars, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°46'41"N by 96°11'36"W |
Area Served: | Le Mars, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Le Mars |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1197 feet (365 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LRJ |
More Information: | LRJ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (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.
- In 1956, RAF Honington also became one of the main V bomber bases maintaining three Vickers Valiant squadrons, Nos, 7, 90, and 199.
- 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.
Facts about Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ):
- The closest airport to Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ) is Orange City Municipal Airport (ORC), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNE of LRJ.
- The furthest airport from Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,647 miles (17,134 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ) currently has only 1 runway.