Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Great Barrier Island, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ), Great Barrier Island, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,510 miles (or 10,477 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 Norton Air Force Base and Great Barrier Aerodrome, 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 Norton Air Force Base and Great Barrier Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GBZ / NZGB |
Airport Name: | Great Barrier Aerodrome |
Location: | Great Barrier Island, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°14'29"S by 175°28'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | Auckland Council |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GBZ |
More Information: | GBZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- 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.
- 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.
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
- During World War II, San Bernardino Army Airfield provided administrative and logistical support for the United States Army Desert Training Center.
- 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.
- On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
Facts about Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ):
- Because of Great Barrier Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Great Barrier Aerodrome 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.
- Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Great Barrier Aerodrome (meaning Great Barrier Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,967 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
- The closest airport to Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) is Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of GBZ.