Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Gothenburg, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT), Gothenburg, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,293 miles (or 8,519 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Göteborg Landvetter 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Göteborg Landvetter Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• The Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.
• Laughlin AFB is served by the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the USAF, is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.

Facts about Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT):

• Because of Göteborg Landvetter Airport's relatively low elevation of 506 feet, planes can take off or land at Göteborg Landvetter 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 furthest airport from Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,408 miles (18,360 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The international terminal has an outside-Schengen Area with strict passport check.
• Swedish customs rules necessitate strict separation of domestic and international passengers.
• Göteborg Landvetter Airport is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden.
• City Airline had its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport.
• Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT) is Göteborg City Airport (GSE), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) WNW of GOT.