Nonstop flight route between Novato, California, United States and Montgomery, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Marin County Airport (NOT), Novato, California, United States and Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,067 miles (or 3,326 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 Marin County Airport and Maxwell Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Marin County Airport (NOT):

• Gnoss Field celebrated its 50-year anniversary in 2009–2010.
• Because of Marin County Airport's relatively low elevation of 2 feet, planes can take off or land at Marin 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.
• Somehow Gnoss's single runway is laid out almost exactly perpendicular to the prevailing offshore west winds.
• The closest airport to Marin County Airport (NOT) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of NOT.
• AWOS reports more closely conditions on the 31 end of the runway, and wind conditions are commonly significantly different on each end of the runway.
• Marin County Airport (NOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1968 the County of Marin bought the airport and moved it to its present location.
• In addition to being known as "Marin County Airport", other names for NOT include "Gnoss Field" and "DVO".
• The furthest airport from Marin County Airport (NOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,343 miles (18,254 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The Wrights original privately owned airport had a dirt runway and was just west of the current airport, in what is now a grassy field.

Facts about Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF):

• Maxwell Field, as most Army air stations and depots developed during World War I, was on leased properties with temporary buildings being the mainstay of construction.
• The morning of September 22, opening exercises of the Air Corps Tactical School were held.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".
• Taking up the cause of Maxwell Field was freshman Congressman J.
• The only operational flying unit at Maxwell is the Air Force Reserve Command's 908th Airlift Wing and subordinate 357th Airlift Squadron, which operates eight C-130H aircraft.
• On January 15, 1929, it was announced that the ACTS would be twice as large as originally planned.