Nonstop flight route between Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jolly Grant Airport. (DED), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India and Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,045 miles (or 11,338 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 Jolly Grant Airport. and Kincheloe Air Force Base, 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 Jolly Grant Airport. and Kincheloe Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jolly Grant Airport. (DED):

• During the 2013 Uttarakhand floods, the airport was a major center of operations for rescuing pilgrims from Kedarnath and the surrounding pilgrimage sites.
• Jolly Grant Airport. (DED) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located about 22 km southeast of the city of Dehradun.
• The furthest airport from Jolly Grant Airport. (DED) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,931 miles (19,201 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Jolly Grant Airport.", other names for DED include "Dehradun Airport.", "जॉली ग्रांट हवाई अड्डे" and "देहरादून हवाई अड्डे.".
• Located 20 km from the holy city of Rishikesh, and 30 km from Haridwar, the airport allows easy access to the region.
• The closest airport to Jolly Grant Airport. (DED) is Chandigarh Airport (IXC), which is located 89 miles (144 kilometers) WNW of DED.

Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• In September 1959, Kinross AFB was officially renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of the late Captain Iven Kincheloe, a native of Cassopolis in southwestern Michigan.
• In 1962, in order to retain the lineage of its MAJCOM 4-digit combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its MAJCOM strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.
• The closest airport to Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of INR.
• The furthest airport from Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 16 February 1953, the first operational ADC unit, the 534th Air Defense Group was activated at Kinross AFB.
• Next, Kincheloe AFB was assigned to the Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector at K.