Nonstop flight route between Batouri, Cameroon and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Batouri Airport (OUR), Batouri, Cameroon and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,132 miles (or 11,478 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 Batouri Airport and Minot 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 Batouri Airport and Minot 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 Batouri Airport (OUR):

• The closest airport to Batouri Airport (OUR) is Bertoua Airport (BTA), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) W of OUR.
• In addition to being known as "Batouri Airport", another name for OUR is "Batouri Airport (Batouri)".
• Batouri Airport (OUR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Batouri Airport (OUR) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Batouri Airport (meaning Batouri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,002 miles (19,315 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• The 91st Maintenance Group is the maintenance backbone of the 91st Missile Wing, originally activated as the 91st Maintenance and Supply Group on 10 November 1948.
• The initial USAF host unit was the Air Defense Command 32d Air Base Group, activating on 8 February 1957.
• The 4th Post Attack Command & Control Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, SD maintained several EC-135 "Looking Glass" Aircraft on an alert at MAFB for coverage of the missile squadrons as a secondary Launch Control Center.
• Renamed Aerospace Defense Command in 1968, ADC F-106 operations continued at Minot until ADC was deactivated in 1979 and became a part of Tactical Air Command as a subentity referred to as Tactical Air Command – Air Defense.
• Construction of Minot AFB began in May 1956 and it officially opened on 10 January 1957, named for the nearby city of Minot.
• Command of Minot AFB passed from Air Defense Command to SAC in July 1962 as the base's primary mission changed from air defense to strategic deterrence.
• The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
• In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
• In 1993 control of the ICBM force was transferred by ACC to Air Force Space Command.