Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Rogers, Arkansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG), Rogers, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,160 miles (or 6,695 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 Kinloss Barracks and Rogers Municipal 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 Kinloss Barracks and Rogers Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• In April 2005, 206 Squadron was disbanded as part of a Defence review the previous year.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre and co-located UK Mission Control Centre remain responsible for coordinating all rescue efforts within the UK and out into the Atlantic.
• The station defences were gradually established and by May 1940, Group Captain Jarman reported that the defence of Kinloss was in order.
• The wartime Avro Lancaster was adapted without great upheaval for anti-submarine and search and rescue duties and RAF Kinloss changed from a bomber training unit, to a Coastal Command base training maritime aircrew.
• The closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• Construction work began in the spring of 1938 to establish RAF Kinloss as a pilot training school.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG):

• Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Rogers Municipal Airport", another name for ROG is "Carter Field".
• The closest airport to Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) is Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of ROG.
• The furthest airport from Rogers Municipal Airport (ROG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,784 miles (17,356 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.