Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Campo Grande International Airport (CGR), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,161 miles (or 9,916 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Campo Grande International 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Campo Grande International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):

• In the middle of April 1952, the residents of Sembach learned that the land to the north of the now completed flightline was to be used for the construction of multi-story barracks and office buildings.
• During the Cold War, Sembach Air Base housed a variety of USAF Tactical Reconnaissance, Close Air Support and Tactical Air Control units as a front line NATO air base.
• On 30 November 1954, the 30th TRS received the first Martin RB-57A Canberra, to replace its World War II vintage RB-26 Invaders.
• Although the Air Base was constructed in the French Zone of Occupation under French direction, it was built to be used by NATO forces and was, moreover, intended to be an American Air Base from the beginning.
• In January 1958, it was announced that the 66th TRW would transition to the RF-101 Voodoo.
• With the ongoing realignment of US forces in Europe the Army is preparing to move The United States Army Corrections Facility-Europe in Mannheim to Sembach Kaserne as all facilities in that city are to be closed no later than August 31, 2013.
• The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.
• During the remainder of the winter, the control tower, hangars, repair shops and other buildings were built along the taxiway.
• The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.
• Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army installation in Sembach, Germany, near Kaiserslautern, and is about 19 miles east of Ramstein Air Base.

Facts about Campo Grande International Airport (CGR):

• The furthest airport from Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Basco Airport (BSO), which is nearly antipodal to Campo Grande International Airport (meaning Campo Grande International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Basco Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Basco, Batanes, Philippines.
• In addition to being known as "Campo Grande International Airport", another name for CGR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Campo Grande".
• The airport was officially opened in 1953 and the passenger terminal in 1964.
• The closest airport to Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) S of CGR.
• Campo Grande International Airport handled 1,648,143 passengers last year.
• The airport is located 7 km from downtown Campo Grande.
• Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) currently has only 1 runway.