Nonstop flight route between Mataram, Indonesia and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Selaparang Airport (AMI), Mataram, Indonesia and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,054 miles (or 16,181 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 Selaparang Airport and Westover Air Reserve 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 Selaparang Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Selaparang Airport (AMI):

• On 28 July 2011 the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, published an announcement stating that from 1 October 2011 at 02:00 hrs all incoming and outgoing aircraft were to use the new Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok Regency.
• Because of Selaparang Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Selaparang 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.
• Selaparang Airport (AMI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Taxi Mataram operated from the airport until 30 September 2011.
• The furthest airport from Selaparang Airport (AMI) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Selaparang Airport (meaning Selaparang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• The future use of Selaparang Airport to develop a General Aviation Hub for Indonesia may offer considerable opportunities for Indonesia's tourism triangle of Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa.
• The closest airport to Selaparang Airport (AMI) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) SE of AMI.
• All demountable facilities were removed to Bandara Internasional Lombok at the time of cessation of operations at Selaparang.
• In addition to being known as "Selaparang Airport", another name for AMI is "Bandar Udara Internasional".

Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):

• Building at the base was constant throughout 1941.
• Since the Constructing Quartermaster had already planned the base, the first permanent masonry buildings were constructed east of the airfield to those designs, which were intended to be lasting and attractive.
• On 7 April 1944, the Base Operating Unit was reorganized into the 112th Army Air Force Base Unit.
• The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
• The original airfield at Westover consisted of three runways in the standard "A" pattern to accommodate landings in all directions based on wind direction.
• Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
• The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
• In February 1961, the 76th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated at Westover flying the supersonic F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor, assuming air defense duties.
• With the establishment of the United States Air Force in September 1947, the name of Westover Field was changed to Westover Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.