Nonstop flight route between Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Winder, Georgia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom and Barrow County Airport (WDR), Winder, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,172 miles (or 6,714 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 Mildenhall and Barrow County 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 Mildenhall and Barrow County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | WDR / KWDR |
Airport Name: | Barrow County Airport |
Location: | Winder, Georgia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°58'58"N by 83°40'3"W |
Area Served: | Winder, Georgia |
Operator/Owner: | Barrow County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 943 feet (287 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WDR |
More Information: | WDR Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- The 352 SOG is the Air Force component for Special Operations Command Europe, a sub-unified command of the US European Command.
- On 1 February 2001, the Air Intelligence Agency was re-aligned under Eighth Air Force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
- The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron conducts RC-135 Rivet Joint flight operations in the European and Mediterranean theatres of operations as tasked by National Command Authorities and European Command.
- The mission of the 352 SOG is to serve as the focal point for all U.S.
- 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.
- The 727th Air Mobility Squadron is a unit of the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Ramstein AB, Germany.
- Closed for runway repairs throughout 1958, the Military Air Transport Service transferred its main United Kingdom terminal to Mildenhall from RAF Burtonwood on 1 March 1959, and the base became "The Gateway to the United Kingdom", for most U.S.
- 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.
- 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.
- In October 1991, the 6988th Electronic Security Squadron was subordinated to the Air Force Intelligence Command.
Facts about Barrow County Airport (WDR):
- Barrow County Airport (WDR) has 2 runways.
- Because of Barrow County Airport's relatively low elevation of 943 feet, planes can take off or land at Barrow County 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.
- The closest airport to Barrow County Airport (WDR) is Athens Ben Epps Airport (AHN), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of WDR.
- The furthest airport from Barrow County Airport (WDR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.