Nonstop flight route between Al Hoceima, Morocco and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU), Al Hoceima, Morocco and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,761 miles (or 7,662 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 Cherif Al Idrissi Airport and Minot 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 Cherif Al Idrissi Airport and Minot 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 Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU):

• The furthest airport from Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) is Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ), which is nearly antipodal to Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (meaning Cherif Al Idrissi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Great Barrier Aerodrome), and is located 12,354 miles (19,881 kilometers) away in Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) is Melilla Airport (MLN), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) E of AHU.
• Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cherif Al Idrissi Airport", another name for AHU is "مطار الشريف الإدريسي".

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Minot Air Force Base is a U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
• The scope of operations grew as the Air Force transferred the 525th Bombardment Squadron from the 19th Bombardment Wing at Homestead AFB, Florida, on 8 March 1961, followed by the first B-52H Stratofortress on 10 July 1961, nicknamed "Peace Persuader".
• The 810th Strategic Aerospace Division was inactivated 30 June 1971.
• Renamed Aerospace Defense Command in 1968, ADC F-106 operations continued at Minot until ADC was deactivated in 1979 and became a part of Tactical Air Command as a subentity referred to as Tactical Air Command – Air Defense.
• The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
• In 1993 control of the ICBM force was transferred by ACC to Air Force Space Command.
• Originally opened in 1957 as an Air Defense Command base, Minot AFB became a major Strategic Air Command base in the early 1960s, with both nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles and manned bombers and aerial refueling aircraft.