Nonstop flight route between Montgomery, Alabama, United States and Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States and Debrecen International Airport (DEB), Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,346 miles (or 8,603 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 Maxwell Air Force Base and Debrecen International Airport, 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 Maxwell Air Force Base and Debrecen International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF):

• The field served as a repair depot during World War I.
• The furthest airport from Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,193 miles (18,013 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of MXF.
• On January 25, 1930, President Herbert Hoover asked Congress to re-appropriate an additional $100,000 for the main school building at Maxwell Field.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".
• The depot's first official flying mission was carried out after that.

Facts about Debrecen International Airport (DEB):

• In addition to being known as "Debrecen International Airport", another name for DEB is "Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér".
• From Mainroad 47 the airport road is accessible that is leading directly into the airport.
• The furthest airport from Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The history of Debrecen Airport goes back to the early 20th Century.
• The closest airport to Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Oradea Airport (OMR), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of DEB.
• Between 1946 and 1968 Debrecen Airport functioned also as an emergency airfield for Budapest Airport.
• Debrecen International Airport (DEB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Debrecen International Airport is the international airport of Debrecen in the Hajdú-Bihar County of Hungary.
• Because of Debrecen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Debrecen International 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.