Nonstop flight route between Albenga, Italy and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Albenga Airport (ALL), Albenga, Italy and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,576 miles (or 7,364 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 Albenga 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 Albenga 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 Albenga Airport (ALL):

• The closest airport to Albenga Airport (ALL) is Monaco Heliport (MCM), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) WSW of ALL.
• Because of Albenga Airport's relatively low elevation of 148 feet, planes can take off or land at Albenga 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.
• Albenga Airport (ALL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Albenga Airport", other names for ALL include "Aeroporto di Albenga", "Clemente Panero Airport" and "Aeroporto “Clemente Panero”".
• The furthest airport from Albenga Airport (ALL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Albenga Airport (meaning Albenga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,208 miles (19,647 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.
• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• Flying activities at the field began on 22 October 1941 using Vultee BT-13 Valiants.
• On 25 June 1953, the 66th TRW departed Shaw, being reassigned to Sembach Air Base, West Germany.
• 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.
• On 1 April 1945 jurisdiction of Shaw Field was transferred to First Air Force.
• The 20th FG was reassigned to Langley AFB, Virginia on 1 December 1951 in preparation for a permanent overseas deployment to RAF Wethersfield, England to support NATO.