Nonstop flight route between Namsos, Norway and Marysville, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Namsos Airport (OSY), Namsos, Norway and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,839 miles (or 7,788 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 Namsos Airport and Beale 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 Namsos Airport and Beale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Namsos Airport (OSY):

• Namsos Airport handled 25,684 passengers last year.
• Because of Namsos Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Namsos 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.
• Namsos Airport (OSY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Namsos Airport", another name for OSY is "Namsos lufthavn".
• The closest airport to Namsos Airport (OSY) is Rørvik Airport, Ryum (RVK), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of OSY.
• The furthest airport from Namsos Airport (OSY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,975 miles (17,663 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):

• DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
• Located in a cantonment area on the outskirts of Beale, the renamed 7th Space Warning Squadron is now an Air Force Space Command unit and it primarily uses its PAVE PAWS radar to detect submarine-launched ballistic missiles and disintegrating spacecraft and space debris.
• In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
• The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The Air Force activated the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron on 1 April 1961.
• The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
• As a complete training environment, Camp Beale had tank maneuvers, mortar and rifle ranges, a bombardier-navigator training, and chemical warfare classes.
• In September 1962, the 851st SMS became the last Titan I Squadron to achieve alert status.