Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Newman, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,590 miles (or 17,043 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 Newman 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 Newman 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):

• During World War II, the training load gradually increased until Columbus was graduating 195 pilots per month.
• Columbus AFB was established in 1941 as Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Columbus, Mississippi.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• 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.
• Communist troops from North Korea violated South Korea's borders and fighting broke out in 1950.
• During their involvement in the Vietnam War, the 454th Combat Support Group operated Columbus AFB.
• The base began as a training facility for fighters and bombers.
• 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.
• With the Korean War at an end and pilot production needs dropping, the decision was made to close the contract flying school at Columbus.

Facts about Newman Airport (ZNE):

• The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• Newman Airport was ranked 28th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
• Drag races were held on the airport runway annually.
• As of 2008 the airport is undergoing an expansion project to improve both customer service and services to the airlines that use the airport.
• The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
• Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.