Nonstop flight route between Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mostar International Airport (OMO), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,030 miles (or 8,095 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 Mostar International Airport and Shaw Air Force 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 Mostar International Airport and Shaw Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OMO / LQMO |
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Location: | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°16'58"N by 17°50'44"E |
Area Served: | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Operator/Owner: | City of Mostar (88%) Zagreb Airport (12%) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 156 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OMO |
More Information: | OMO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSC / KSSC |
Airport Name: | Shaw Air Force Base |
Location: | Sumter, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°58'23"N by 80°28'22"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SSC |
More Information: | SSC Maps & Info |
Facts about Mostar International Airport (OMO):
- In addition to being known as "Mostar International Airport", other names for OMO include "Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar Међународни аеродром Мостар" and "Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar".
- Because of Mostar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Mostar 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.
- Mostar International Airport (OMO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Mostar International Airport (OMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,720 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Mostar International Airport (OMO) is Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) NNE of OMO.
- Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in 1965 for domestic flights.
Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):
- The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The 363rd Fighter Wing was inactivated at Shaw AFB on 31 December 1993, and the next day, 1 January 1994, the 20th Fighter Wing inactivated at RAF Upper Heyford and reactivated without personnel or equipment at Shaw AFB, returning to the base it had left for duty with NATO forty-one years earlier.
- The 20th Fighter Group was first equipped with North American P-51D, then exchanged its P-51's in February 1948 for F-84B Thunderjets, the first TAC group to receive operational F-84s.
- On 25 June 1953, the 66th TRW departed Shaw, being reassigned to Sembach Air Base, West Germany.
- The 66th TRW was formed at Shaw from the RB-26 assets of the 18th TRS and RF-80s transferred from South Korea.
- The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
- Flying activities at the field began on 22 October 1941 using Vultee BT-13 Valiants.
- In October 1942, the flight training was changed to Advanced flying training and AT-6 Texan single-engine and Beech AT-10 twin-engine trainers were used.