Nonstop flight route between Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States and Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States and Fuerteventura Airport (FUE), Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,726 miles (or 5,996 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 Fuerteventura 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 Fuerteventura Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB):

• Construction of Seymour Johnson Field started on 9 March 1942 and by 10 July 1942 the 333d Base HQ and Air Base Squadron was established as the host unit.
• With its operational training mission ended, in September 1945 and the field became an Army-Air Force Separation Center under the 123d AAF Base Unit.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Seymour Johnson Air Force Base", another name for GSB is "Seymour Johnson AFB".
• Initially the wing simply redesignated the flying squadrons of the 83d FDS and continued to fly the F-100 Super Sabre.
• 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.
• The first exclusively Reserve KC-10 crew flew out of Seymour Johnson on 29 October 1985.
• In 1974, the wing mission reverted to training, with increased emphasis on short-term European contingency support.
• The United States Air Force Reserve's 916th Air Refueling Wing supports routine refueling missions for other Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied aircraft under the direction of the 4th Air Force and Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command.

Facts about Fuerteventura Airport (FUE):

• The closest airport to Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) is Lanzarote Airport (ACE), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNE of FUE.
• In addition to being known as "Fuerteventura Airport", another name for FUE is "Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura".
• Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Fuerteventura Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Fuerteventura 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 Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Fuerteventura Airport (meaning Fuerteventura Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,828 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• Fuerteventura Airport handled 4,259,341 passengers last year.