Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Salak Airport (MVR), Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,013 miles (or 12,895 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 Salak 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 Norton Air Force Base and Salak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• 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.
• 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.
• Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
• The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
• The last of the facilities on the base were closed in 1995.
• In 1950, Air Defense Command activated the 27th Air Division at Norton AFB, being assigned to the Western Air Defense Force.
• Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis Norton.

Facts about Salak Airport (MVR):

• The furthest airport from Salak Airport (MVR) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Salak Airport (meaning Salak Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,114 miles (19,496 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Salak Airport (MVR) is Kaélé Airport (KLE), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSE of MVR.
• Salak Airport (MVR) currently has only 1 runway.