Nonstop flight route between Siglufjörður, Iceland and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ), Siglufjörður, Iceland and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,565 miles (or 5,738 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 Siglufjörður Airport and Moody Air Force Base, 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 Siglufjörður Airport and Moody Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ):

• The closest airport to Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ) is Sauðárkrókur Airport (SAK), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) SW of SIJ.
• Because of Siglufjörður Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Siglufjörður 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 furthest airport from Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,083 miles (17,837 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Siglufjörður Airport (SIJ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• Forty-two years after Combat Crew training ended at Moody, HQ ACC returned that mission to Moody with the activation of the 479th Flying Training Group under Nineteenth Air Force.
• On 30 June 1975, the Secretary of the Air Force announced that Moody would transfer from ATC to Tactical Air Command on 1 December 1975.
• Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• The base had its beginning in 1940 when a group of concerned Valdosta and Lowndes County citizens began searching for a way to assist the expanding defense program.