Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Esquimalt Airport (YPF), Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,074 miles (or 8,165 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 Esquimalt 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 Esquimalt 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):

• On 6 December 1957 HQ, USAFE transferred the 19th and 30th TRS and their RB-66s to the 10th TRW.
• 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 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.
• Many workers were brought in to build the new base, and the village of Sembach took on the character of a boomtown.
• 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.
• Sembach serves a population of about 2,000.
• With this announcement, and everyone being satisfied, Sembach became a center of activity once more, and construction of the administrative area of the base began in October 1952.
• On 1 January 1957 a fourth squadron, the 19th TRS was transferred from the 47th Bombardment Wing at RAF Sculthorpe to the 66th TRW.
• Sembach's origins date back to 1919 after World War I when French occupation troops used the eastern half of the present flightline as an airfield.

Facts about Esquimalt Airport (YPF):

• The furthest airport from Esquimalt Airport (YPF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,738 miles (17,281 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Esquimalt Airport (YPF) is Victoria Inner Harbour Airport (YWH), which is located only 1 mile (1 kilometers) SE of YPF.
• In addition to being known as "Esquimalt Airport", another name for YPF is "CYPF".