Nonstop flight route between Montgomery, Alabama, United States and Granada, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States and Granada Airport (GRX), Granada, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,544 miles (or 7,312 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 Granada 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 Granada 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.
• Toward the end of February 1910, the Wright Brothers decided to open one of the world's earliest flying schools at the site that would subsequently become Maxwell AFB.
• The morning of September 22, opening exercises of the Air Corps Tactical School were held.
• Hill continued to argue for the attack group to be placed at Maxwell Field.
• Gunter Annex is a separate installation under the 42 ABW.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".
• On December 17, 1929, Congressman Lister Hill introduced a bill to appropriate $320,000 for the acquiring of 1,075 acres of land in Montgomery County as a part of an expansion program for Maxwell Field.
• 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.
• Maxwell AFB is the headquarters of Air University, a major component of Air Education and Training Command, and is the U.S.
• 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.

Facts about Granada Airport (GRX):

• In addition to being known as "Granada Airport", another name for GRX is "Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport GRX".
• The closest airport to Granada Airport (GRX) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) SW of GRX.
• The furthest airport from Granada Airport (GRX) is Tauranga Airport (TRG), which is nearly antipodal to Granada Airport (meaning Granada Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tauranga Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Tauranga, New Zealand.
• Granada Airport (GRX) currently has only 1 runway.