Nonstop flight route between Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Burns, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Burns Municipal Airport (BNO), Burns, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,321 miles (or 3,735 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 Westover Air Reserve Base and Burns Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):

• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
• Westover was also the launching point of the heroic Berlin Airlift for 327 days during the Soviet blockade.
• During World War II Westover saw the training and formation of Airborne engineer aviation battalions to be used for rapidly establishing airfields in forward areas.
• The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
• The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The original airfield at Westover consisted of three runways in the standard "A" pattern to accommodate landings in all directions based on wind direction.
• Westover took part in the Korean War transporting freight and passengers to the forces in Japan and South Korea, and casualties were brought to the Westover Air Force Base Hospital from 1950 to 1954.

Facts about Burns Municipal Airport (BNO):

• The furthest airport from Burns Municipal Airport (BNO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,928 miles (17,588 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Burns Municipal Airport (BNO) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Burns Municipal Airport (BNO) is Grant County Regional Airport (GCRA) (JDA), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) N of BNO.
• Because of Burns Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,159 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BNO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BNO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.