Nonstop flight route between El Tigre, Venezuela and Marysville, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Tigre Airport (ELX), El Tigre, Venezuela and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,091 miles (or 6,584 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 El Tigre Airport and Beale 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 El Tigre Airport and Beale 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 El Tigre Airport (ELX):

• Because of El Tigre Airport's relatively low elevation of 837 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tigre 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 El Tigre Airport (ELX) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to El Tigre Airport (meaning El Tigre Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "El Tigre Airport", another name for ELX is "Aeropuerto El Tigre".
• The closest airport to El Tigre Airport (ELX) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNE of ELX.
• El Tigre Airport (ELX) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):

• The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
• In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
• The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Beale Air Force Base covers nearly 23,000 acres of rolling hills in northern California.
• On 8 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established Beale as an operational USAF base.
• In 1940, the "Camp Beale" area consisted of grassland and rolling hills and the 19th century mining town of Spenceville.
• At Beale, the 17th continued global strategic bombardment alert to 30 June 1976 when it was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the B-52 at Beale.
• In September 1962, the 851st SMS became the last Titan I Squadron to achieve alert status.
• On 30 January 1959, the Air Force announced plans to conduct surveys in the vicinity of Beale to determine the feasibility for missile bases.