Nonstop flight route between Barrow, Alaska, United States and Montgomery, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW), Barrow, Alaska, United States and Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,680 miles (or 5,923 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 Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport and Maxwell 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 Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport and Maxwell 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 Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW):

• The closest airport to Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) is Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport (ATK), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) SSW of BRW.
• Because of Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial 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.
• Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,301 miles (16,578 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.

Facts about Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF):

• Maxwell AFB is also the site of Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery.
• Hill continued to argue for the attack group to be placed at Maxwell Field.
• Air University is itself organized into multiple institutes, centers, and schools.
• The furthest airport from Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,193 miles (18,013 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of MXF.
• On January 15, 1929, it was announced that the ACTS would be twice as large as originally planned.
• On January 25, 1930, President Herbert Hoover asked Congress to re-appropriate an additional $100,000 for the main school building at Maxwell Field.
• In May 1928 General Benjamin Foulois, General Fechet's assistant, during an inspection visit with Third Army commander General Frank Parker to Maxwell Field mentioned that the Air Corps Tactical School would be moving to a still undecided location.
• The depot's first official flying mission was carried out after that.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".