Nonstop flight route between Gobabis, Namibia and Crestview, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gobabis Airport (GOG), Gobabis, Namibia and Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3 (EGI), Crestview, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,880 miles (or 12,682 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 Gobabis Airport and Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3, 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 Gobabis Airport and Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gobabis Airport (GOG):

• The closest airport to Gobabis Airport (GOG) is Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of GOG.
• The furthest airport from Gobabis Airport (GOG) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Gobabis Airport (meaning Gobabis Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of Gobabis Airport's high elevation of 4,815 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Gobabis Airport (GOG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3 (EGI):

• In addition to being known as "Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3", another name for EGI is "Duke Field".
• Between August and October 1970, during the Vietnam War, the Joint Contingency Task Group used AFROTC facilities at Duke Field to house US Army Special Forces troops involved in Operation Ivory Coast, a mission to rescue prisoners of war at Sơn Tây, North Vietnam.
• In the 1950s, Duke Field became home to the 3205th Drone Group, which operated radio remote-controlled B-17s and F-80s that were used for gunnery and missile practice over the Gulf of Mexico.
• Duke Field was one of the first auxiliary fields built on the Eglin Field / Eglin AFB complex.
• The closest airport to Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3 (EGI) is Bob Sikes Airport (CEW), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) N of EGI.
• The furthest airport from Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3 (EGI) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,172 miles (17,980 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The installation is named for 1st Lt Robert L.