Nonstop flight route between Benjina, Muluku, Indonesia and Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Benjina-Nangasuri Airport (BJK), Benjina, Muluku, Indonesia and RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,309 miles (or 13,372 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 Benjina-Nangasuri 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 Benjina-Nangasuri 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: | BJK / WAPK |
Airport Name: | Benjina-Nangasuri Airport |
Location: | Benjina, Muluku, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°3'57"S by 134°16'26"E |
Operator/Owner: | PT Djanti Group |
Elevation: | 82 feet (25 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from BJK |
More Information: | BJK 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 Benjina-Nangasuri Airport (BJK):
- The closest airport to Benjina-Nangasuri Airport (BJK) is Dobo Airport (DOB), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of BJK.
- Because of Benjina-Nangasuri Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Benjina-Nangasuri 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 furthest airport from Benjina-Nangasuri Airport (BJK) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,972 miles (19,268 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
Facts about RAF Mildenhall (MHZ):
- The host unit at Mildenhall is the 100th Air Refueling Wing, which deploys aircraft for and manages the European Tanker Task Force, a rotational force which provides air refuelling to US and NATO aircraft in the European Theater.
- 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 2002, the 488th was re-aligned from the 67th Information Operations Wing to the 55th Wing.
- 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 opened on 16 October 1934.