Nonstop flight route between Mitzpe Ramon, Israel and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mitzpe Ramon Airport (MIP), Mitzpe Ramon, Israel and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,233 miles (or 10,031 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 Mitzpe Ramon Airport and Grissom 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 Mitzpe Ramon Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mitzpe Ramon Airport (MIP):

• In addition to being known as "Mitzpe Ramon Airport", another name for MIP is "מִנְחָת מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן".
• The closest airport to Mitzpe Ramon Airport (MIP) is Ein Yahav Airfield (EIY), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) E of MIP.
• The furthest airport from Mitzpe Ramon Airport (MIP) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,753 miles (18,914 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• Strategic Air Command assumed operational control of Bunker Hill Air Force Base from Tactical Air Command on 1 September 1957.
• In June 1972, the 305th Air Refueling Squadron deployed elements to Korat Air Base, Thailand, as the 4104th Air Refueling Squadron.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".
• The furthest airport from Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of GUS.
• On 27 January 1967, the Apollo I spacecraft caught fire during a pre-launch preparation at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, killing United States Air Force astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I.
• Effective 1 October 1994, Grissom Air Force Base ceased active-duty operations, and the active Air Force transferred nearly half of the former base, including the runway, to the Air Force Reserve as Grissom Air Reserve Base.
• With the retirement of the B-58 in 1970, the Air Force redesignated the 305th Bombardment Wing, Medium, as the 305th Air Refueling Wing on 1 January 1970.
• The United States Navy established Naval Air Station Bunker Hill in 1942 and closed it after World War II ended.