Nonstop flight route between Brive-la-Gaillarde, France and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE), Brive-la-Gaillarde, France and Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,934 miles (or 6,331 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 Brive–Souillac Airport and Kincheloe 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 Brive–Souillac Airport and Kincheloe 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 Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE):

• In addition to being known as "Brive–Souillac Airport", other names for BVE include "Brive–Dordogne Valley Airport" and "Aéroport de Brive – Vallée de la Dordogne".
• The furthest airport from Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Brive–Souillac Airport (meaning Brive–Souillac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,304 miles (19,802 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Périgueux - Bassillac Airport (PGX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) WNW of BVE.

Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• The importance of Kincheloe AFB to ADC was evident in 1960 with some major changes.
• In the 1950s, the Air Force adopted a policy of dispersing Strategic Air Command bombers and tankers.
• The closest airport to Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of INR.
• With the outbreak of the Cold War in 1948 and active combat in the Korean War in June, 1950, the United States began building up its defenses.
• In 1962, in order to retain the lineage of its MAJCOM 4-digit combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its MAJCOM strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.
• The furthest airport from Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 2 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established the 4239th Strategic Wing at Kincheloe AFB, Michigan as part of SAC's plan to disburse its B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike.
• Kinross was considered a vital Air Defense Command base, an alert-status military base equipped with interceptors ready 24/7 to respond to unknown aircraft picked up by Ground Control Radar stations in the Great Lakes region.