Nonstop flight route between Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Gardner, Massachusetts, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from CEF to GDM:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- CEF Airport Information
- GDM Airport Information
- Facts about CEF
- Facts about GDM
- Map of Nearest Airports to CEF
- List of Nearest Airports to CEF
- Map of Furthest Airports from CEF
- List of Furthest Airports from CEF
- Map of Nearest Airports to GDM
- List of Nearest Airports to GDM
- Map of Furthest Airports from GDM
- List of Furthest Airports from GDM
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM), Gardner, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 36 miles (or 58 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 Gardner Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEF / KCEF |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°11'38"N by 72°32'4"W |
View all routes: | Routes from CEF |
More Information: | CEF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GDM / KGDM |
Airport Name: | Gardner Municipal Airport |
Location: | Gardner, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°32'59"N by 72°0'57"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Gardner |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 955 feet (291 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDM |
More Information: | GDM Maps & Info |
Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):
- The first organization at the base was the 10th Signal Platoon in June 1940.
- Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
- 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.
- Since the Constructing Quartermaster had already planned the base, the first permanent masonry buildings were constructed east of the airfield to those designs, which were intended to be lasting and attractive.
- Due to its location, Westover is transitted by many different aircraft.
- Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
- In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
- The 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was moved to the base in January 1951 flying F-86A Sabres and assumed an air defense mission, providing air defense in the northeastern United States.
- 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.
- Westover was also the launching point of the heroic Berlin Airlift for 327 days during the Soviet blockade.
Facts about Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM):
- Because of Gardner Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 955 feet, planes can take off or land at Gardner Municipal 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 closest airport to Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM) is Jaffrey Airport - Silver Ranch Airpark (AFN), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) N of GDM.
- The furthest airport from Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,728 miles (18,874 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM) currently has only 1 runway.