Nonstop flight route between Ibagué, Colombia and Misawa, Aomori, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perales Airport (IBE), Ibagué, Colombia and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ), Misawa, Aomori, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,558 miles (or 13,773 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 Perales Airport and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō, 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 Perales Airport and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Perales Airport (IBE):

• Because of Perales Airport's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Perales 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 closest airport to Perales Airport (IBE) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of IBE.
• The furthest airport from Perales Airport (IBE) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Perales Airport (meaning Perales Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,969 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• Perales Airport (IBE) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ):

• The closest airport to Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MSJ.
• The furthest airport from Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō", another name for MSJ is "Misawa AB".
• The first operational fighter wing was the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group, being reassigned to Misawa on March 31, 1948.
• The 35th Fighter Wing also serves as the host unit to a variety of other tenant units representing three U.S.