Nonstop flight route between Ambriz, Angola and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ambriz Airport (AZZ), Ambriz, Angola and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,805 miles (or 14,170 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 Ambriz 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 Ambriz 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: | AZZ / FNAM |
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Location: | Ambriz, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°51'45"S by 13°6'56"E |
Area Served: | Ambriz |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AZZ |
More Information: | AZZ 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 Ambriz Airport (AZZ):
- Ambriz Airport (AZZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ambriz Airport (AZZ) is N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) NNW of AZZ.
- Because of Ambriz Airport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Ambriz 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ambriz Airport", another name for AZZ is "Ambriz Airport (Ambriz)".
- The furthest airport from Ambriz Airport (AZZ) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,799 miles (18,988 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- LAADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and the designation was returned as the 27th Air Division, being stationed at Luke AFB, Arizona under Fourth Air Force as part of a consolidation with the inactivating Phoenix Air Defense Sector.
- On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
- The aviation facilities of the base were converted into San Bernardino International Airport, and 3 of the 4 stationed squadrons – C-141 Starlifter, C-21, and C-12 Huron aircraft – were moved to nearby March Air Force Base, while the remaining squadron – C-141 aircraft – was moved to McChord Air Force Base, Washington.
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".