Nonstop flight route between Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Moudjeria, Mauritania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Letfotar Airport (MOM), Moudjeria, Mauritania would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,579 miles (or 8,978 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 Letfotar 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 Letfotar 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):

• Succeeding major deployments of Cannon’s F-100s took place during the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• The first USAF unit to use Clovis AFB was the Air National Guard's 140th Fighter-Bomber Wing, which arrived in October 1951 after being activated due to the Korean War.
• Each squadron was equipped with F-86F Sabres.
• With the withdrawal of the F-100 from Vietnam, and the phaseout of the aircraft from the active Air Force inventory, the 474th TFW converted from F-100s into new General Dynamics F-111A aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF", another name for CVS is "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.
• Clovis AFB remained on standby status until 1 April 1950 when jurisdiction was transferred from SAC to Air Training Command.
• 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.
• The 50th initially began flight operations with the F-51 Mustang.

Facts about Letfotar Airport (MOM):

• The furthest airport from Letfotar Airport (MOM) is Bauerfield International Airport (VLI), which is nearly antipodal to Letfotar Airport (meaning Letfotar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bauerfield International Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,928 kilometers) away in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Letfotar Airport (MOM) is Tidjikja Airport (TIY), which is located 91 miles (146 kilometers) NE of MOM.