Nonstop flight route between Cortland, New York, United States and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cortland County Airport (CTX), Cortland, New York, United States and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,474 miles (or 5,591 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 Cortland County 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 Cortland County 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: | CTX / |
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Location: | Cortland, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°35'33"N by 76°12'52"W |
Area Served: | Cortland |
Operator/Owner: | Cortland County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1198 feet (365 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTX |
More Information: | CTX 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 Cortland County Airport (CTX):
- In addition to being known as "Cortland County Airport", another name for CTX is "N03".
- The furthest airport from Cortland County Airport (CTX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,581 miles (18,638 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Cortland County Airport (CTX) is Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of CTX.
- Cortland County Airport (CTX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- 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 work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.
- In conjunction with this transfer, control of RAF Lakenheath was transferred from Strategic Air Command back to USAFE.