Nonstop flight route between Figari, Corsica, France and Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC), Figari, Corsica, France and Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC), Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,459 miles (or 7,176 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 Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) and Selfridge Air National Guard 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 Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) and Selfridge Air National Guard Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC):

• In addition to being known as "Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport)", another name for FSC is "Aéroport Figari-Sud Corse".
• The closest airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) is Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of FSC.
• Because of Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 87 feet, planes can take off or land at Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica 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 Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (meaning Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,494 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC):

• The 477th Composite Group was formed at Selfridge on 15 January 1944 to train Tuskegee Airmen with Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and North American B-25 Mitchell bombers.
• The furthest airport from Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,298 miles (18,182 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Selfridge was a World War II army airfield of the First Air Force and the location where Colonel Lawrence P.
• The closest airport to Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC) is Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSW of MTC.
• In addition to being known as "Selfridge Air National Guard Base", another name for MTC is "Selfridge ANGB".
• The Michigan Air National Guard's 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing moved its entire operation from Detroit Metropolitan Airport near Romulus to Selfridge in December, 1970.
• In May 1917, it was announced that Joy Aviation Field would be included as a training Camp as part of the expansion of the Air Service, becoming one of only nine military airfields in the country at the time.
• The 1918 Armistice with Germany ended World War I.