Nonstop flight route between Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States and Cagliari, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States and Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), Cagliari, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,484 miles (or 7,217 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 Kincheloe Air Force Base and Cagliari Elmas 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 Kincheloe Air Force Base and Cagliari Elmas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• In September 1959, Kinross AFB was officially renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of the late Captain Iven Kincheloe, a native of Cassopolis in southwestern Michigan.
• On 16 February 1953, the first operational ADC unit, the 534th Air Defense Group was activated at Kinross AFB.
• The closest airport to Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of INR.
• Flying out of Kinross in 1953, pilot Felix Moncla and his plane disappeared while pursuing a UFO over the Soo Locks and Lake Superior.
• The furthest airport from Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 2 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established the 4239th Strategic Wing at Kincheloe AFB, Michigan as part of SAC's plan to disburse its B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike.
• In December 1965, the Department of Defense announced a decision to close Kincheloe AFB by October 1971.

Facts about Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG):

• The closest airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) is Tortolì Airport (TTB), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NE of CAG.
• The furthest airport from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Cagliari Elmas Airport (meaning Cagliari Elmas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,012 miles (19,332 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Cagliari Elmas Airport handled 3,592,020 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Cagliari Elmas Airport", other names for CAG include "International "Mario Mameli"" and "Aeroporto di Cagliari".
• Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) currently has only 1 runway.