Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Sebring, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), Sebring, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 601 miles (or 967 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Sebring Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBM / KCBM |
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| Location: | Columbus, Mississippi, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°38'38"N by 88°26'38"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from CBM |
| More Information: | CBM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SEF / KSEF |
| Airport Name: | Sebring Regional Airport |
| Location: | Sebring, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°27'23"N by 81°20'33"W |
| Area Served: | Sebring, Florida |
| Operator/Owner: | Sebring Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SEF |
| More Information: | SEF Maps & Info |
Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):
- The base began an active four-year rebuilding program to prepare the base for its new mission and to be part of SAC's base dispersal system.
- 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.
- The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
- The host unit at Columbus is the 14th Flying Training Wing assigned to the Air Education and Training Command.
- Recently both the South Gate and Main Gate have been reconstructed.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
Facts about Sebring Regional Airport (SEF):
- Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) has 2 runways.
- In 1940, Sebring Officials and citizens contacted their Florida congressional delegation to see about getting an Army base in the area.
- The closest airport to Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NW of SEF.
- Because of Sebring Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Sebring Regional 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 Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,510 miles (18,523 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- A portion of the old runway system is now Sebring International Raceway, home to the 12 Hours of Sebring, an American Le Mans series race which has been held annually since 1952.
- Only the main hangar, restored in 2000, is now in use.
- Sebring Regional Airport was originally constructed in 1940 as Hendricks Field, a B-17 Flying Fortress crew training base of the US Army Air Corps, later the US Army Air Forces.
