Nonstop flight route between Avignon, France and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avignon - Caumont Airport (AVN), Avignon, France and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,785 miles (or 7,700 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 Avignon - Caumont Airport and Offutt 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 Avignon - Caumont Airport and Offutt 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 Avignon - Caumont Airport (AVN):

• The closest airport to Avignon - Caumont Airport (AVN) is Orange-Caritat Air Base (BA 115) (XOG), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) N of AVN.
• Because of Avignon - Caumont Airport's relatively low elevation of 124 feet, planes can take off or land at Avignon - Caumont 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.
• Avignon - Caumont Airport (AVN) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Avignon - Caumont Airport (AVN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Avignon - Caumont Airport (meaning Avignon - Caumont Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Avignon - Caumont Airport", another name for AVN is "Aéroport d'Avignon - Caumont".

Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):

• It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains.
• In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
• Offutt AFB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Jarvis Jennes Offutt.
• The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
• Operational use of Offutt Air Force Base included the basing of alert tankers in the late 1950s and 1960s, support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Nebraska and Iowa in the 1960s, and worldwide reconnaissance from the mid-1960s to the present.
• During the late 1950s Offutt housed a Royal Air Force facility for servicing Avro Vulcans, which visited the air base frequently while on exercise with SAC.
• The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 6 May 1924, the airfield was officially named "Offutt Field".
• In 1940 as American involvement in World War II loomed, the Army Air Corps chose Offutt Field as the site for a new bomber plant that was to be operated by the Glenn L.
• Offutt Air Force Base is the host station for the 55th Wing, the largest wing of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command.