Nonstop flight route between Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Glasgow, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Glasgow International Airport (GGW), Glasgow, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,695 miles (or 2,728 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 Glasgow International 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):

• Numerous Airborne Engineer Aviation battalions were activated and trained at Westover, to include the 871st, 872d, 873d, 877th, 878th, 879th, 880th, and 881st.
• 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 original airfield at Westover consisted of three runways in the standard "A" pattern to accommodate landings in all directions based on wind direction.
• President Roosevelt signed a $750,000 Works Progress Administration project bill for the air base's construction in November 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.
• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
• 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.
• With the end of World War II, Westover Field was designated as a permanent United States Army Air Force installation in 1945 and was not inactivated as most of the wartime temporary training airfields were in the fall of 1945.
• ADC established a more substantial presence in July 1957 when the 4729th Air Defense Group was activated.

Facts about Glasgow International Airport (GGW):

• In addition to being known as "Glasgow International Airport", other names for GGW include "Wokal Field" and "(former Glasgow Army Airfield)".
• The closest airport to Glasgow International Airport (GGW) is L. M. Clayton Airport (OLF), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) E of GGW.
• The furthest airport from Glasgow International Airport (GGW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,393 miles (16,725 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On December 1, 1944 a German prisoner-of-war camp was established at the site.
• Glasgow International Airport (GGW) has 2 runways.
• Glasgow International Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Glasgow, a city in Valley County, Montana, United States.