Nonstop flight route between Kufra, Libya and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kufra Airport (AKF), Kufra, Libya and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,650 miles (or 12,311 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 Kufra Airport and Norton 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 Kufra Airport and Norton Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKF / HLKF |
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Location: | Kufra, Libya |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°10'42"N by 23°18'50"E |
Area Served: | Kufra, Libya |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1368 feet (417 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AKF |
More Information: | AKF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Kufra Airport (AKF):
- The furthest airport from Kufra Airport (AKF) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is nearly antipodal to Kufra Airport (meaning Kufra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mangaia Island Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,732 kilometers) away in Mangaia Island, Cook Islands.
- In July 2013 Libyan Airlines re-launched the Benghasi service that was suspended nine years earlier.
- In addition to being known as "Kufra Airport", another name for AKF is "مطار الكفرة".
- The closest airport to Kufra Airport (AKF) is Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ), which is located 360 miles (580 kilometers) ESE of AKF.
- On 26 August 2008, a hijacked Sudanese Boeing 737 landed at Kufra Airport after having departed at Nyala Airport, Darfur, with destination Khartoum.
- Kufra Airport (AKF) has 2 runways.
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- A base railroad system interchanged with the Pacific Electric/Southern Pacific branch line on the south side of the installation.
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
- Major secondary missions of Norton Air Force Base was as Headquarters Air Defense Command for Southern California, during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis Norton.
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- In the 1960s, Norton expanded its depot support mission by supporting Titan and Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles s, with depot-level logistical support.
- In 1955, the 27th AD established a Manual Air-Defense Control Center at Norton to monitor and track aircraft in Southern California.
- Norton Air Force Base was a United States Air Force facility located 2 miles east of downtown San Bernardino, California in San Bernardino County.
- On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
- The last of the facilities on the base were closed in 1995.
- During World War II, San Bernardino Army Airfield provided administrative and logistical support for the United States Army Desert Training Center.