Nonstop flight route between Polacca, Arizona, United States and San Bernardino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Polacca Airport (PXL), Polacca, Arizona, United States and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 403 miles (or 649 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 Polacca Airport and Norton Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Polacca Airport (PXL):

• The closest airport to Polacca Airport (PXL) is Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SSW of PXL.
• Polacca Airport covers an area of 50 acres at an elevation of 5,573 feet above mean sea level.
• Polacca Airport (PXL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Polacca Airport", another name for PXL is "P10".
• The furthest airport from Polacca Airport (PXL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,266 miles (18,131 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Polacca Airport's high elevation of 5,573 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PXL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PXL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• A change of mission in 1966 from Air Force Logistics Command to Military Airlift Command meant that Norton became one of six Military Airlift Command strategic-airlift bases, supporting US Army and Marine Corps' airlift requirements among other functions.
• On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
• Discrete C-130 Hercules modification tests were conducted out of Area II of the base in the late 1960s, with the 1198th Operational Evaluation and Training Squadron operating four highly classified C-130E special operations testbeds modified at Lockheed Air Services, at near-by Ontario Airport under projects Thin Slice and Heavy Chain.
• In 1950, Air Defense Command activated the 27th Air Division at Norton AFB, being assigned to the Western Air Defense Force.
• The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
• Recently, private development on the former base has helped turn the basically unused land into jobs and revenue for the city of San Bernardino as several companies have opened distribution centers on the property.
• The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.