Nonstop flight route between Abu Simbel, Egypt and Knob Noster, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), Abu Simbel, Egypt and Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,924 miles (or 11,143 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 Al Hufalysin Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base, 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 Al Hufalysin Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS):

• Because of Al Hufalysin Airport's relatively low elevation of 616 feet, planes can take off or land at Al Hufalysin 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.
• Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Al Hufalysin Airport (meaning Al Hufalysin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,247 miles (19,709 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Al Hufalysin Airport handled 499,172 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS) is Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) S of ABS.

Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):

• In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".
• Missouri Army National Guard 1st Battalion 135th Attack Reconnaissance Brigade, AH-64 Apache
• On 3 Dec 1955, Sedalia AFB became Whiteman AFB in honor of 2nd Lt George A.
• In addition, the wing boasts the 442nd Medical Squadron, as well as a wing staff.
• The Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing and the active-duty 509th Bomb Wing have a unique relationship at Whiteman AFB, in that members of the two units work side-by-side on a daily basis, although the majority of the 131st Bomb Wing visits Whiteman only one weekend per month for drill.
• The host unit at Whiteman AFB is the 509th Bomb Wing, assigned to the Eighth Air Force of the Air Force Global Strike Command.
• The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.
• The contractors used 168,000 yards of concrete, 25,355 tons of reinforcing steel and 15,120 tons of structural steel.
• The furthest airport from Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,815 miles (17,405 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• During the massive demobilization in the mid-1940s, the base closed and most of the buildings were abandoned.
• Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s.
• Other aircraft assigned to Whiteman include the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack fighter.