Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Kapuskasing Airport (YYU), Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,132 miles (or 1,821 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 Kapuskasing Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• The school used a number of trainers, including the AT-8, AT-9, AT-10, and B-25.
• 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.
• 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.
• Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi is home of the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• As the demand for pilots to support the war in Southeast Asia increased, the number of B-52s based stateside fell because they were needed overseas.

Facts about Kapuskasing Airport (YYU):

• Kapuskasing Airport (YYU) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Kapuskasing Airport (YYU) is Hearst (René Fontaine) Municipal Airport (YHF), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) WNW of YYU.
• The furthest airport from Kapuskasing Airport (YYU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,042 miles (17,770 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Kapuskasing Airport's relatively low elevation of 743 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapuskasing 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.