Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Isortoq, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Isortoq Heliport (IOQ), Isortoq, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,588 miles (or 5,774 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 Beale Air Force Base and Isortoq Heliport, 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 Beale Air Force Base and Isortoq Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):

• In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
• DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
• The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• On 30 January 1959, the Air Force announced plans to conduct surveys in the vicinity of Beale to determine the feasibility for missile bases.
• On 8 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established Beale as an operational USAF base.
• As a complete training environment, Camp Beale had tank maneuvers, mortar and rifle ranges, a bombardier-navigator training, and chemical warfare classes.
• The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
• Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
• In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
• The 456th BW was inactivated on 30 September 1975, and its equipment and personnel were redesignated as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy when the senior unit was inactivated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
• In 1959 Air Defense Command established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Beale AFB.

Facts about Isortoq Heliport (IOQ):

• Because of Isortoq Heliport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Isortoq Heliport 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.
• The furthest airport from Isortoq Heliport (IOQ) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,848 miles (17,459 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• The closest airport to Isortoq Heliport (IOQ) is Tasiilaq Heliport (AGM), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) E of IOQ.