Nonstop flight route between Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States and Courchevel, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States and Courchevel Airport (CVF), Courchevel, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,300 miles (or 6,921 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 Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and Courchevel 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 Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and Courchevel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSB / KGSB |
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Location: | Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°20'21"N by 77°57'38"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GSB |
More Information: | GSB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CVF / LFLJ |
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Location: | Courchevel, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°23'51"N by 6°38'3"E |
Area Served: | Courchevel |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6588 feet (2,008 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CVF |
More Information: | CVF Maps & Info |
Facts about Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB):
- In addition to being known as "Seymour Johnson Air Force Base", another name for GSB is "Seymour Johnson AFB".
- The closest airport to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB) is Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of GSB.
- The furthest airport from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,689 miles (18,811 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- After the airfield's closure in 1947, local community leaders campaigned for many years to reopen Seymour Johnson.
- In 1967 the 4th transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II and began a rotational commitment of tactical squadrons to Ubon RTAFB, Thailand as augmentees of the 8th TFW for combat operations from April 1972 until the withdrawal of American air units in Thailand in 1974.
- The first exclusively Reserve KC-10 crew flew out of Seymour Johnson on 29 October 1985.
- On 1 July 1956, the 83d Fighter-Day Wing was activated as the host unit of the new Air Force Base.
Facts about Courchevel Airport (CVF):
- In addition to being known as "Courchevel Airport", another name for CVF is "Aérodrome de Courchevel".
- The furthest airport from Courchevel Airport (CVF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Courchevel Airport (meaning Courchevel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,249 miles (19,713 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Courchevel Airport (CVF) is Méribel Airport (MFX), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) WNW of CVF.
- Because of Courchevel Airport's high elevation of 6,588 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CVF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CVF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Courchevel Airport (CVF) currently has only 1 runway.