Nonstop flight route between Juneau, Wisconsin, United States and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dodge County Airport (UNU), Juneau, Wisconsin, United States and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,911 miles (or 6,294 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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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: | UNU / KUNU |
Airport Name: | Dodge County Airport |
Location: | Juneau, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°25'35"N by 88°42'14"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 934 feet (285 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UNU |
More Information: | UNU 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 Dodge County Airport (UNU):
- The furthest airport from Dodge County Airport (UNU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,002 miles (17,706 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Wisconsin Aviation is the fixed base operator for the airport.
- Because of Dodge County Airport's relatively low elevation of 934 feet, planes can take off or land at Dodge 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.
- Dodge County Airport covers an area of 449 acres at an elevation of 934 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Dodge County Airport (UNU) is Fond du Lac County Airport (FLD), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of UNU.
- Dodge County Airport (UNU) has 2 runways.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- Many SAC Squadrons had aircraft at RAF Lakenheath on a transitotry basis without any recorded deployment to the base.
- Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and 8.3 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk.
- In 1940, the Air Ministry selected Lakenheath as an alternative for RAF Mildenhall and used it as a decoy airfield.
- 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.
- By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.
- 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.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.