Nonstop flight route between Peru, Indiana, United States and Gympie, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States and Gympie Airport (GYP), Gympie, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,969 miles (or 14,435 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 Grissom Air Reserve Base and Gympie 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 Grissom Air Reserve Base and Gympie Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• On 1 February 1978, the Air Force renamed the 305th Air Refueling Wing as the 305th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy.
• In addition, Air Defense Command activated the 319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at the new base, reporting to the 4706th Air Defense Wing at K.
• Strategic Air Command on 1 June 1959 moved the 305th Bombardment Wing, Medium, from MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to Bunker Hill Air Force Base.
• The Air Force Reserve joined the Grissom personnel complement in the early 1970s with the activation of the 434th Special Operations Wing and their Cessna A-37 Dragonfly aircraft to the base on 15 January 1971.
• In 1975, the Air Force inactivated the 3d Post Attack Command and Control System of the 305th Air Refueling Wing and transferred specialized Boeing EC-135s to the 70th Air Refueling Squadron of the 305th Air Refueling Wing.
• The closest airport to Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of GUS.
• The furthest airport from Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 12 miles north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in the U.S.
• Because of this inactivation, the Air Force reassigned Grissom Air Reserve Base in 1997 to the Air Force Reserve Command.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".

Facts about Gympie Airport (GYP):

• The closest airport to Gympie Airport (GYP) is Sunshine-Coast-Airport (MCY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SE of GYP.
• Because of Gympie Airport's relatively low elevation of 260 feet, planes can take off or land at Gympie 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.
• Gympie Airport (GYP) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gympie Airport (GYP) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,830 miles (19,038 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.