Nonstop flight route between Am Timan, Chad and San Bernardino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Am Timan Airport (AMC), Am Timan, Chad and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,255 miles (or 13,285 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 Am Timan 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 Am Timan Airport and Norton 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 Am Timan Airport (AMC):

• The closest airport to Am Timan Airport (AMC) is Zakouma Airport (AKM), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of AMC.
• In addition to being known as "Am Timan Airport", another name for AMC is "Am Timan Airport (Am Timan)".
• The furthest airport from Am Timan Airport (AMC) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Am Timan Airport (meaning Am Timan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Am Timan Airport (AMC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force Logistics Command, then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility Command.
• A change of mission in 1966 from Air Force Logistics Command to Military Airlift Command meant that Norton became one of six Military Airlift Command strategic-airlift bases, supporting US Army and Marine Corps' airlift requirements among other functions.
• 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.
• Norton Air Force Base began before World War II as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction.
• In 1950, Air Defense Command activated the 27th Air Division at Norton AFB, being assigned to the Western Air Defense Force.
• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• Recently, private development on the former base has helped turn the basically unused land into jobs and revenue for the city of San Bernardino as several companies have opened distribution centers on the property.
• 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.