Nonstop flight route between Montgomery, New York, United States and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Orange County Airport (MGJ), Montgomery, New York, United States and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 946 miles (or 1,522 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 Orange County Airport and Columbus Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Orange County Airport (MGJ):

• On July 17, 1960, NASCAR came to the airport with the Empire State 200, on a two-mile course.
• The closest airport to Orange County Airport (MGJ) is Stewart International Airport (SWF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) E of MGJ.
• Orange County Airport covers an area of 528 acres at an elevation of 364 feet above mean sea level.
• Orange County Airport (MGJ) has 2 runways.
• New York’s Orange County Airport is an untowered airport located one nautical mile southwest of village of Montgomery, in the Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, United States.
• The airport's low traffic and out-of-the-way location have been making it a popular place to store private jets.
• Because of Orange County Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Orange County 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 furthest airport from Orange County Airport (MGJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• The school used a number of trainers, including the AT-8, AT-9, AT-10, and B-25.
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• The base began an active four-year rebuilding program to prepare the base for its new mission and to be part of SAC's base dispersal system.
• The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
• With the end of World War II, Columbus AAF was first placed on "reduced activity status", and was inactivated on 15 August 1946.
• During their involvement in the Vietnam War, the 454th Combat Support Group operated Columbus AFB.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The host unit at Columbus is the 14th Flying Training Wing assigned to the Air Education and Training Command.