Nonstop flight route between Goshen, Indiana, United States and Montgomery, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH), Goshen, Indiana, United States and Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 633 miles (or 1,018 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 relatively short distance between Goshen Municipal Airport and Maxwell Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH):

• Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) has 2 runways.
• Because of Goshen Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 827 feet, planes can take off or land at Goshen Municipal 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 Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (18,000 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH) is Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKI), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NW of GSH.

Facts about Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF):

• The only operational flying unit at Maxwell is the Air Force Reserve Command's 908th Airlift Wing and subordinate 357th Airlift Squadron, which operates eight C-130H aircraft.
• The 1931-1932 faculty included Army Air Corps, Army Infantry, Army Chemical Warfare Service, and Army Field Artillery instructors.
• Toward the end of February 1910, the Wright Brothers decided to open one of the world's earliest flying schools at the site that would subsequently become Maxwell AFB.
• The furthest airport from Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,193 miles (18,013 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In May 1928 General Benjamin Foulois, General Fechet's assistant, during an inspection visit with Third Army commander General Frank Parker to Maxwell Field mentioned that the Air Corps Tactical School would be moving to a still undecided location.
• The closest airport to Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of MXF.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".
• Maxwell Field, as most Army air stations and depots developed during World War I, was on leased properties with temporary buildings being the mainstay of construction.