Nonstop flight route between Lashio, Myanmar (Burma) and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lashio Airport (LSH), Lashio, Myanmar (Burma) and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,891 miles (or 12,700 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 Lashio Airport and Westover 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 Lashio Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LSH / VYLS |
Airport Name: | Lashio Airport |
Location: | Lashio, Myanmar (Burma) |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°58'32"N by 97°45'8"E |
Elevation: | 2450 feet (747 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LSH |
More Information: | LSH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEF / KCEF |
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Location: | Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°11'38"N by 72°32'4"W |
View all routes: | Routes from CEF |
More Information: | CEF Maps & Info |
Facts about Lashio Airport (LSH):
- The furthest airport from Lashio Airport (LSH) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,701 miles (18,831 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
- The closest airport to Lashio Airport (LSH) is Bhamo Airport (Banmaw Airport) (BMO), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) NNW of LSH.
- Lashio Airport (LSH) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):
- Westover Field was designed to be nearly self-sufficient, with not only hangars, but barracks, warehouses, hospitals, dental clinics, dining halls, and maintenance shops were needed.
- Four-engine C-54 Skymaster and shorter-range C-47 Skytrain transports took supplies and reinforcements from Westover to the armed forces and returned with the wounded and discharged troops.
- Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
- 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.
- A second ADC interceptor squadron, the 324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated at Westover on 18 October 1955.
- In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
- During World War II Westover saw the training and formation of Airborne engineer aviation battalions to be used for rapidly establishing airfields in forward areas.
- 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.