Nonstop flight route between Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Cimei, Taiwan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom and Qimei Airport (CMJ), Cimei, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,049 miles (or 9,734 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Qimei 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 Honington USAAF Station 375 and Qimei Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEQ / EGXH |
Airport Name: | RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 |
Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°20'33"N by 0°46'23"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from BEQ |
More Information: | BEQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMJ / RCCM |
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Location: | Cimei, Taiwan |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°12'47"N by 119°25'3"E |
Area Served: | Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 63 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMJ |
More Information: | CMJ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ):
- In 1941, a Junkers Ju 88 was shot down by ground fire from Honington.
- The furthest airport from RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,834 miles (19,044 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In June 1942, the airfield was transferred to the USAAF and was upgraded to a Class A Bomber base.
- From 1950 to 1956, RAF Honington housed No.
- The closest airport to RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ) is RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of BEQ.
Facts about Qimei Airport (CMJ):
- Qimei Airport (CMJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Qimei Airport", other names for CMJ include "七美航空站澎湖七美機場" and "Qīměi HángkōngzhànPēnghú Qīměi Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Qimei Airport (CMJ) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Qimei Airport (meaning Qimei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,356 miles (19,885 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
- Because of Qimei Airport's relatively low elevation of 63 feet, planes can take off or land at Qimei 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 Qimei Airport (CMJ) is Wang-an Airport (WOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of CMJ.