Nonstop flight route between Karlstad, Sweden and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Karlstad Airport (KSD), Karlstad, Sweden and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,158 miles (or 6,691 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 Karlstad Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base, 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 Karlstad Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Karlstad Airport (KSD):

• Because of Karlstad Airport's relatively low elevation of 352 feet, planes can take off or land at Karlstad 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 Karlstad Airport (KSD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,281 miles (18,154 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Karlstad Airport (KSD) is Hagfors Airport (HFS), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNE of KSD.
• Karlstad Airport (KSD) has 2 runways.

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Despite this activity, the end of the Cold War led to a downsizing of the military.
• The United States Navy on 1 July 1942 started Naval Air Station Bunker Hill to train Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard pilots.
• With the retirement of the B-58 in 1970, the Air Force redesignated the 305th Bombardment Wing, Medium, as the 305th Air Refueling Wing on 1 January 1970.
• In 2008, Grissom Air Reserve Base entered into a joint-use agreement and opened its runway to civilian operations.