Nonstop flight route between Ängelholm, Sweden and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH), Ängelholm, Sweden and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,423 miles (or 7,117 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 Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport and Shaw 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 Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport and Shaw 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 Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH):

• The closest airport to Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH) is Halmstad Airport (HAD), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) N of AGH.
• In addition to being known as "Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport", another name for AGH is "Ängelholm–Helsingborg flygplats".
• Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,482 miles (18,479 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport's relatively low elevation of 68 feet, planes can take off or land at Ängelholm–Helsingborg 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.

Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• By 1980, the advent of reconnaissance satellites made the need for tactical aircraft reconnaissance less and less necessary.
• On March 23, 1953, the 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group was activated at Shaw.
• The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Flying activities at the field began on 22 October 1941 using Vultee BT-13 Valiants.
• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• The 20th Fighter Group was first equipped with North American P-51D, then exchanged its P-51's in February 1948 for F-84B Thunderjets, the first TAC group to receive operational F-84s.
• The squadrons flew the P-61 Black Widow in Europe with Ninth Air Force during World War II, and were reassigned back to the United States after the end of hostilities.