Nonstop flight route between Homestead, Florida, United States and Merville / Calonne, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States and Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB), Merville / Calonne, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,580 miles (or 7,371 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base and Merville - Calonne 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base and Merville - Calonne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HST / KHST |
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| Location: | Homestead, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°29'17"N by 80°23'0"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States |
| View all routes: | Routes from HST |
| More Information: | HST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HZB / LFQT |
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| Location: | Merville / Calonne, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°37'0"N by 2°38'24"E |
| Area Served: | Merville, Nord, France |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 61 feet (19 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HZB |
| More Information: | HZB Maps & Info |
Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):
- – Headquarters, U.S.
- – 50th Area Support Group, Florida Army National Guard
- In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
- During this period of time the base was under two commands.
- The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
- During the first five months, the 379th BMW concentrated on the manning and equipping of the unit and formulated a training schedule on 20 April 1956.
- The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB):
- Merville – Calonne Airport is a regional airport in France.
- In addition to being known as "Merville - Calonne Airport", other names for HZB include "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-53" and "Aéroport de Merville - Calonne".
- The furthest airport from Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,965 miles (19,255 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Lille Airport (LIL), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of HZB.
- Originally built by Germans as a Luftwaffe airfield as part of the defensed of the Pas de Calais area.
- Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) has 2 runways.
- Because of Merville - Calonne Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Merville - Calonne 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.
