Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Shepparton, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Shepparton Airport (SHT), Shepparton, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,969 miles (or 16,043 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 Pope Field and Shepparton 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 Pope Field and Shepparton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• During the Vietnam War, Pope was the destination for the bodies of servicemen killed in Southeast Asia.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
• In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.

Facts about Shepparton Airport (SHT):

• Because of Shepparton Airport's relatively low elevation of 374 feet, planes can take off or land at Shepparton 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.
• Shepparton Airport (SHT) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Shepparton Airport (SHT) is Benalla Airport (BLN), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) ESE of SHT.
• The furthest airport from Shepparton Airport (SHT) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Shepparton Airport (meaning Shepparton Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,155 miles (19,561 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.