Nonstop flight route between Lviv, Ukraine and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO), Lviv, Ukraine and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,039 miles (or 8,109 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 Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport and Shaw 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 Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport and Shaw 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 Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO):

• Lviv airport's new terminal building has an area of 34,000m² with a capacity of handling 1,000 passengers an hour.
• In addition to being known as "Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport", other names for LWO include "Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького" and "LWO[1]".
• The furthest airport from Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,390 miles (18,331 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO) is Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (IFO), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) SSE of LWO.

Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• In addition to the 363d TRW, Headquarters Ninth Air Force was transferred to Shaw from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina on 1 September 1954.
• The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Shaw Air Force Base is named in honor of World War I pilot 1st Lieutenant Ervin David Shaw.
• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• After the establishment of the United States Air Force as a separate military branch in September 1947, Shaw Army Airfield was renamed Shaw Air Force Base, on 13 January 1948 and the 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing was activated on 15 August 1947 with the implementation of the Hobson Plan.
• Over the next four decades, the squadrons under the 363d TRW changed frequently.
• By 1980, the advent of reconnaissance satellites made the need for tactical aircraft reconnaissance less and less necessary.
• The squadrons flew the P-61 Black Widow in Europe with Ninth Air Force during World War II, and were reassigned back to the United States after the end of hostilities.