Nonstop flight route between Livingston, Montana, United States and Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mission Field (LVM), Livingston, Montana, United States and Bezmer Air Base (JAM), Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,792 miles (or 9,322 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 Mission Field and Bezmer Air 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 Mission Field and Bezmer Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mission Field (LVM):

• Mission Field (LVM) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Mission Field (LVM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,610 miles (17,075 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Mission Field's high elevation of 4,659 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LVM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LVM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Mission Field (LVM) is Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of LVM.

Facts about Bezmer Air Base (JAM):

• The furthest airport from Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,287 miles (18,164 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The Bezmer Air Base is among the joint US-Bulgarian military bases established according to the 2006 Defense Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Bulgaria.
• The closest airport to Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Stara Zagora Airport (SZR), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of JAM.
• In addition to being known as "Bezmer Air Base", another name for JAM is "LBIA".
• Aircraft and personnel from Bezmer have recently been participating in a number of joint military exercises including the PfP "Cooperative Key" in Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and France, ‘Immediate Response 2005’ and the Bulgarian-American-Romanian "Immediate Response 2006".
• Bezmer Air Base is an air base for the Bulgarian Air Force.
• In 1955 the Bezmer Air Base hosted the 22 Fighter Air Regiment, later transformed into 22 Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment, and eventually into 22 Attack Air Base of the Bulgarian Air Force, serving as a base for Su-25 ground attack aircraft, as well as Su-22М-4 and Su-22UM-3K reconnaissance planes.
• Because of Bezmer Air Base's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Bezmer Air Base 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.
• Bezmer Air Base (JAM) currently has only 1 runway.