Nonstop flight route between Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kamloops Airport (YKA), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,528 miles (or 7,288 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 Kamloops Airport and RAF Mildenhall, 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 Kamloops Airport and RAF Mildenhall. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YKA / CYKA |
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Location: | Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°42'9"N by 120°26'54"W |
Operator/Owner: | Kamloops Airport Authority Society |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1133 feet (345 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKA |
More Information: | YKA Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Kamloops Airport (YKA):
- On July 31, 2010, a Convair CV-580 airtanker operated by Convair Aviation, on route to the Kamloops Airport, crashed and was destroyed due to a local forest fire on the British Columbia Ministry of Forests land near Siwash Road, some 15 kilometres south of Lytton, British Columbia, a town in the Thompson region, along with Kamloops.
- Kamloops Airport handled 275,424 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Kamloops Airport (YKA) is Merritt Airport (YMB), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SSW of YKA.
- The furthest airport from Kamloops Airport (YKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,541 miles (16,964 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Kamloops Airport (YKA) has 2 runways.
- By 1951, the airport founded and became headquarters of Central British Columbia Airways, which was later known as Pacific Western Airlines, but is no longer existent.
- In addition to being known as "Kamloops Airport", another name for YKA is "Fulton Field".
- Formerly known as the Kamloops Aero Club, the Kamloops Flying Club operates at the airport, which is a club where children receive a flight in an airplane with the pilot and learn about the airplanes themselves.
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934.
- The closest airport to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of MHZ.
- The 727 AMS is part of AMC's en route system that provides fixed and deployed maintenance, aerial port and command and control support to deployed command forces across the globe.
- 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.
- 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.