Nonstop flight route between Lannion, France and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI), Lannion, France and Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,599 miles (or 5,792 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 Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport and Kincheloe Air Force 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 Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport and Kincheloe Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI):

• Because of Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport's relatively low elevation of 290 feet, planes can take off or land at Lannion - Côte de Granit 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 Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI) is Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) SW of LAI.
• Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (meaning Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,082 miles (19,444 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport", another name for LAI is "Aéroport de Lannion - Côte de Granit".

Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• On 16 February 1953, the first operational ADC unit, the 534th Air Defense Group was activated at Kinross AFB.
• In November, 1961, following two years of construction, the 4239th Strategic Wing of the Strategic Air Command arrived with B-52 bombers.
• The 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was upgraded again to the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor in June 1960, one of the first ADC squadrons to receive the new interceptor.
• The B-52s and KC-135s of the 449th were reassigned to other SAC units, and the wing was inactivated on 30 September 1977 concurrently with the closure of Kincheloe Air Force Base.
• 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.
• 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.