Nonstop flight route between Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Johor, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Mersing Airport (MEP), Johor, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,344 miles (or 15,038 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 Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF and Mersing 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 Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF and Mersing Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS):

• Cannon Air Force Base is named in honor of General John K.
• The 50th initially began flight operations with the F-51 Mustang.
• The 474th was also equipped with North American F-86H "Sabre".
• Each squadron was equipped with F-86F Sabres.
• It was assumed that the F-100s would probably not be an effective fighter in air-to-air combat, since it lacked a powerful radar set and could not carry advanced air-to-air weapons.
• In addition to being known as "Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF", another name for CVS is "Cannon AFB".
• Clovis AFB remained on standby status until 1 April 1950 when jurisdiction was transferred from SAC to Air Training Command.
• Several changes occurred at Clovis AFB in 1957.
• The closest airport to Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS) is Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of CVS.
• 1959 brought organizational changes at Cannon AFB.
• The furthest airport from Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,139 miles (17,926 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Mersing Airport (MEP):

• The closest airport to Mersing Airport (MEP) is Tioman Airport (TOD), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NE of MEP.
• In addition to being known as "Mersing Airport", another name for MEP is "Lapangan Terbang Mersing".
• Mersing Airport (MEP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mersing Airport (MEP) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Mersing Airport (meaning Mersing Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,300 miles (19,795 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.
• Because of Mersing Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Mersing 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.