Nonstop flight route between Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB), Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,275 miles (or 5,271 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 Lebanon Municipal 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 Lebanon Municipal 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: | LEB / KLEB |
Airport Name: | Lebanon Municipal Airport |
Location: | Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°37'33"N by 72°18'15"W |
Area Served: | Lebanon, New Hampshire |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lebanon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 603 feet (184 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LEB |
More Information: | LEB 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 Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB):
- Lebanon Municipal Airport covers an area of 563 acres at an elevation of 603 feet above mean sea level.
- Lebanon Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles west of the central business district of Lebanon, a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
- The closest airport to Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) is Parlin Field (NWH), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSE of LEB.
- The furthest airport from Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,658 miles (18,762 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In recent years, the airport has struggled due to competition with the much larger Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, 65 miles away.Colgan Air formerly offered non-stop flights from Lebanon to New York-La Guardia Airport operating as US Airways Express.
- Because of Lebanon Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 603 feet, planes can take off or land at Lebanon Municipal 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.
- Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) has 2 runways.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- The increasing tension of the Cold War lead to a re-evaluation of these deployments, and by 1953 SAC bombers began to move its heavy bomb groups further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Brize Norton, RAF Greenham Common, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Fairford, while its shorter-range B-47 were sent to East Anglia.
- 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.