Nonstop flight route between La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE), La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 951 miles (or 1,530 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 relatively short distance between La Crosse Regional Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE):

• Because of La Crosse Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 655 feet, planes can take off or land at La Crosse Regional 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.
• La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) has 3 runways.
• La Crosse Regional Airport covers an area of 1,380 acres at an elevation of 655 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) is Winona Municipal Airport (ONA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WNW of LSE.
• The furthest airport from La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,871 miles (17,495 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• La Crosse Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles northwest of the central business district of La Crosse, a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.

Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):

• On 7 April 1944, the Base Operating Unit was reorganized into the 112th Army Air Force Base Unit.
• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
• President Roosevelt signed a $750,000 Works Progress Administration project bill for the air base's construction in November 1939.
• The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
• ADC established a more substantial presence in July 1957 when the 4729th Air Defense Group was activated.
• Since the Constructing Quartermaster had already planned the base, the first permanent masonry buildings were constructed east of the airfield to those designs, which were intended to be lasting and attractive.
• Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
• Westover was also the launching point of the heroic Berlin Airlift for 327 days during the Soviet blockade.
• The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.