Nonstop flight route between Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beaver County Airport (BFP), Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 662 miles (or 1,065 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 relatively short distance between Beaver County Airport and Columbus Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Beaver County Airport (BFP):

• In addition to being known as "Beaver County Airport", another name for BFP is "BVI".
• The Beaver Valley Flying Club, Inc is a not-for-profit organization which has been in operation since 1967 on the Airport.
• Moore Aviation Inc offers flight training in single and multi engine aircraft from the Cessna and Piper aircraft families.
• Beaver County Airport (BFP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Beaver County Airport (BFP) is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSE of BFP.
• The furthest airport from Beaver County Airport (BFP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,465 miles (18,452 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• Columbus AFB has been training Air Force pilots since World War II, and that mission continues today.
• When the war ended in 1945, the base strength had reached a peak of 2,300 enlisted men, 300 officers, and an average of 250 pilot cadets per class.
• On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 30th Flying Training Wing at Columbus and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• The citizens' efforts bore fruit.
• As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,373 people residing on the base.
• The 454th Bombardment Wing completed more than 100 missions to South Vietnam without losing a single bomber to enemy aircraft fire.