Nonstop flight route between Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States and Kiev, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC), Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States and Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), Kiev, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,861 miles (or 7,823 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 Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany), 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 Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC):

• In addition to being known as "Selfridge Air National Guard Base", another name for MTC is "Selfridge ANGB".
• The furthest airport from Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,298 miles (18,182 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1925, planes equipped with ice skids left Selfridge for Camp Skeel in Oscoda, Michigan to determine the usefulness of airplanes in harsh winter.
• Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens.
• In 1965, the Strategic Air Command announced that the 4045th Air Refueling Wing was to be discontinued beginning in 1966.
• The closest airport to Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MTC) is Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSW of MTC.
• The origins of Selfridge Air National Guard Base date to 1916 when a large tract of land on Lake St.
• The 477th Composite Group was formed at Selfridge on 15 January 1944 to train Tuskegee Airmen with Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and North American B-25 Mitchell bombers.
• The 1918 Armistice with Germany ended World War I.

Facts about Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV):

• ^* - UTair Ukraine domestic flights arrive at Terminal B, but depart from terminal A
• Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) is Boryspil International Airport (KBP), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of IEV.
• In addition to being known as "Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)", other names for IEV include "Міжнародний аеропорт "Київ" (Жуляни)" and "IEV[1]".
• Ukrainian Air Force maintains a small training facility in the vicinity of the Zhuliany airport.
• Aside from facilitating regular passenger flights, Kyiv International Airport is also the main business aviation airport in Ukraine, and one of the busiest business aviation hubs in Europe.
• Because of Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)'s relatively low elevation of 587 feet, planes can take off or land at Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) 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 Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,101 miles (17,865 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In the first half of 2013, the airport's passenger traffic rose 2.7 times since the beginning of the year, including 4.2-fold growth of the domestic traffic.