Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and Girardot, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), Girardot, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,665 miles (or 9,117 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Santiago Vila 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Santiago Vila Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):

• Sembach's origins date back to 1919 after World War I when French occupation troops used the eastern half of the present flightline as an airfield.
• With the ongoing realignment of US forces in Europe the Army is preparing to move The United States Army Corrections Facility-Europe in Mannheim to Sembach Kaserne as all facilities in that city are to be closed no later than August 31, 2013.
• The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In July 1958, the 66th TRW, was transferred from Sembach to Laon Air Base, France.
• Sembach serves a population of about 2,000.
• With this announcement, and everyone being satisfied, Sembach became a center of activity once more, and construction of the administrative area of the base began in October 1952.
• Many workers were brought in to build the new base, and the village of Sembach took on the character of a boomtown.
• The third and final phase of construction at Sembach Air Base was conducted in the summer of 1954 when the housing area was built.
• The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.

Facts about Santiago Vila Airport (GIR):

• The furthest airport from Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago Vila Airport (meaning Santiago Vila Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• Because of Santiago Vila Airport's relatively low elevation of 900 feet, planes can take off or land at Santiago Vila 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.
• Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Santiago Vila Airport", another name for GIR is "Aeropuerto Santiago Vila".
• The closest airport to Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) is Perales Airport (IBE), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of GIR.