Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Macon, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,931 miles (or 3,108 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 Norton Air Force Base and Middle Georgia Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• Norton Air Force Base began before World War II as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction.
• For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force Logistics Command, then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility Command.
• The last of the facilities on the base were closed in 1995.
• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• A base railroad system interchanged with the Pacific Electric/Southern Pacific branch line on the south side of the installation.
• 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.
• 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.
• Major secondary missions of Norton Air Force Base was as Headquarters Air Defense Command for Southern California, during the 1950s and 1960s.

Facts about Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN):

• Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) has 2 runways.
• The City of Macon and Bibb County obtained options on the desired tracts of land.
• The furthest airport from Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,352 miles (18,270 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Middle Georgia Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 354 feet, planes can take off or land at Middle Georgia Regional 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.
• The closest airport to Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) is Robins Air Force Base (WRB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MCN.
• Commercial airline service to this airport included Eastern Airlines and Delta Air Lines with its ASA "Delta Connection" discontinuing service to the airport in 2008.