Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Linköping, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Linköping City Airport (LPI), Linköping, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,737 miles (or 7,623 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Linköping City Airport, 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Linköping City Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The 454th Bombardment Wing completed more than 100 missions to South Vietnam without losing a single bomber to enemy aircraft fire.
• During World War II, the training load gradually increased until Columbus was graduating 195 pilots per month.
• 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.
• About half the pilots in the Air Force today went through basic and primary flight training at Columbus AFB.
• Columbus AFB has been training Air Force pilots since World War II, and that mission continues today.
• With the Korean War at an end and pilot production needs dropping, the decision was made to close the contract flying school at Columbus.
• With the end of World War II, Columbus AAF was first placed on "reduced activity status", and was inactivated on 15 August 1946.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• The citizens' efforts bore fruit.
• 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.
• As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,373 people residing on the base.
• Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi is home of the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.

Facts about Linköping City Airport (LPI):

• Linköping City Airport (LPI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Linköping City Airport (LPI) is Norrköping Airport (NRK), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) ENE of LPI.
• Because of Linköping City Airport's relatively low elevation of 172 feet, planes can take off or land at Linköping City 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.
• The furthest airport from Linköping City Airport (LPI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,303 miles (18,191 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.