Nonstop flight route between Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States and Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH), Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States and Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF), Mizan Teferi, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,712 miles (or 10,803 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 Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and Mizan Teferi 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 Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and Mizan Teferi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH):

• During the Cold War, the base was a key Aerospace Defense Command installation.
• The closest airport to Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH) is Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) E of FMH.
• In towns near the Air Force's PAVE PAWS radar at Otis Air National Guard Base, there was significant concern about possible adverse effects on health of humans resulting from PAVE PAWS radiation.
• The furthest airport from Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,821 miles (19,024 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Massachusetts Air National Guard's 102d Fighter Wing, 101st Fighter Squadron including its previous iterations as a fighter-interceptor group, fighter group, air defense wing and fighter-interceptor wing became the lead command at Otis for executing this mission.
• On November 6, 2009, ground was broken on new facilities for the 102nd Intelligence Wing.
• In addition to being known as "Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod", another name for FMH is "Otis ANGB".
• Otis was unique because it had its own schools for the students who lived on the base.
• Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility, located on the western portion of Cape Cod, in western Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
• Originally scheduled to be closed by the 2005 BRAC, Otis ANGB was spared in last minute decisions.
• During World War II, the field was known as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Otis and was a subordinate field for Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

Facts about Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF):

• The furthest airport from Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Mizan Teferi Airport (meaning Mizan Teferi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Mizan Teferi Airport's high elevation of 4,396 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MTF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MTF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Mizan Teferi Airport (MTF) is Gore Airport (GOR), which is located 83 miles (133 kilometers) N of MTF.