Nonstop flight route between Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Riberalta, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Riberalta Airport (RIB), Riberalta, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,973 miles (or 6,394 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 Riberalta 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 Riberalta 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF", another name for CVS is "Cannon AFB".
• After the United States entered World War II, the first military unit to use the facility was a glider detachment.
• The 522d and 523d Tactical Fighter Squadrons were assigned to Clark Air Base, Philippines on a rotating basis, deploying to South Vietnam on a rotating basis.
• 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.
• On 16 April 1945, Clovis AAF was transferred from jurisdiction of Second Air Force to Continental Air Command.
• After a few months of low-level activity, the 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing activated for the first time at Clovis AFB.

Facts about Riberalta Airport (RIB):

• The furthest airport from Riberalta Airport (RIB) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Riberalta Airport (meaning Riberalta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,114 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
• Because of Riberalta Airport's relatively low elevation of 462 feet, planes can take off or land at Riberalta 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 Riberalta Airport (RIB) is Guayaramerín Airport (GYA), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) ENE of RIB.
• Riberalta Airport (RIB) currently has only 1 runway.