Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Minsk, Belarus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Minsk National Airport (MSQ), Minsk, Belarus would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,140 miles (or 1,834 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 RAF Mildenhall and Minsk National Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHZ / EGUN |
Airport Name: | RAF Mildenhall |
Location: | Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°21'54"N by 0°28'50"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from MHZ |
More Information: | MHZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MSQ / UMMS |
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Location: | Minsk, Belarus |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°52'57"N by 28°1'56"E |
Area Served: | Minsk |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 669 feet (204 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MSQ |
More Information: | MSQ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The squadron provides all operational management, aircraft maintenance, administration, and intelligence support to produce politically sensitive real-time intelligence data vital to national foreign policy.
- On 1 October 1993, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was designated the 488th Intelligence Squadron as part of the ongoing restructuring of Air Force Intelligence and the Air Force Intelligence Command as a field operating agency.
- The tactical component of the 100 ARW is the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, flying the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.
- The 95 RS supports RC-135, OC-135, and E-4 missions when theatre deployed.
- RAF Mildenhall is named after the nearby town of Mildenhall, Suffolk.
- In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- The furthest airport from RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands – Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe.
Facts about Minsk National Airport (MSQ):
- In 2009 airport served 1,010,695 passengers out of which 682,000 were served by the national airline Belavia.
- Minsk National Airport (MSQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Minsk National Airport (MSQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,134 miles (17,918 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Minsk National Airport's relatively low elevation of 669 feet, planes can take off or land at Minsk National Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Minsk international airport is linked to the capital by the M2 motorway.
- In 1977 in the environs of the Belarusian capital the building of the new airport "Minsk-2" was begun.
- In addition to being known as "Minsk National Airport", another name for MSQ is "Нацыянальны аэрапорт МінскНациональный аэропорт Минск".
- The closest airport to Minsk National Airport (MSQ) is Minsk-1 Airport (MHP), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of MSQ.
- The airport serves as hub of the national Belarussian airline Belavia and the cargo carriers TransAVIAexport Airlines and Genex.