Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Toulouse, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS), Toulouse, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,822 miles (or 9,370 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 Toulouse Blagnac 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 Toulouse Blagnac 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):

• With the air force moving into the jet age in the late 1940s, Norton began overhauling jet engines in 1951, and the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area became one of three air force jet overhaul centers by 1953.
• In the 1960s, Norton expanded its depot support mission by supporting Titan and Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles s, with depot-level logistical support.
• 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 1955, the 27th AD established a Manual Air-Defense Control Center at Norton to monitor and track aircraft in Southern California.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS):

• Toulouse–Blagnac Airport has been a limited liability company with a capital of 148,000 Euros since 23 March 2007.
• Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Toulouse Blagnac Airport", another name for TLS is "Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac".
• Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.
• The closest airport to Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) is Castres - Mazamet Airport (DCM), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) E of TLS.
• Because of Toulouse Blagnac Airport's relatively low elevation of 497 feet, planes can take off or land at Toulouse Blagnac 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.
• Toulouse Blagnac Airport handled 7,559,350 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toulouse Blagnac Airport (meaning Toulouse Blagnac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,328 miles (19,839 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Two daily coach services connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra, as that country does not have a commercial airport.