Nonstop flight route between Foggia, Italy and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG), Foggia, Italy and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,357 miles (or 8,621 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 Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport and Columbus 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 Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport and Columbus 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 Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG):

• The furthest airport from Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,806 miles (19,000 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Foggia "Gino Lisa" 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.
• In addition to being known as "Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport", another name for FOG is "Aeroporto di Foggia "Gino Lisa"".
• The closest airport to Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG) is Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport (QSR), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) SSW of FOG.
• Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport handled 7,544 passengers last year.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The 454th Bombardment Wing completed more than 100 missions to South Vietnam without losing a single bomber to enemy aircraft fire.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
• The citizens' efforts bore fruit.
• No one designated or suggested a name for the new base until 22 January 1942.
• The first KC-135 Stratotanker, piloted by the wing commander, landed on the new runway on 7 January 1959.
• Recently both the South Gate and Main Gate have been reconstructed.
• But while the Air Force’s pilot training requirements were decreasing, its strategic air arm was expanding.During the 1950s, Strategic Air Command wings had become extremely large.
• About half the pilots in the Air Force today went through basic and primary flight training at Columbus AFB.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".