Nonstop flight route between Sukkur, Pakistan and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sukkur Airport (SKZ), Sukkur, Pakistan and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,447 miles (or 11,985 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 Sukkur Airport and Grissom Air Reserve 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 Sukkur Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sukkur Airport (SKZ):

• The furthest airport from Sukkur Airport (SKZ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sukkur Airport (meaning Sukkur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,321 miles (19,828 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Sukkur Airport (SKZ) is Kadanwari Airport (KCF), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SSE of SKZ.
• Because of Sukkur Airport's relatively low elevation of 196 feet, planes can take off or land at Sukkur 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.
• Sukkur Airport (SKZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• The furthest airport from Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Air Force Reserve joined the Grissom personnel complement in the early 1970s with the activation of the 434th Special Operations Wing and their Cessna A-37 Dragonfly aircraft to the base on 15 January 1971.
• In 1975, the Air Force inactivated the 3d Post Attack Command and Control System of the 305th Air Refueling Wing and transferred specialized Boeing EC-135s to the 70th Air Refueling Squadron of the 305th Air Refueling Wing.
• On 27 January 1967, the Apollo I spacecraft caught fire during a pre-launch preparation at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, killing United States Air Force astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I.
• The closest airport to Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of GUS.
• In 2008, Grissom Air Reserve Base entered into a joint-use agreement and opened its runway to civilian operations.
• After World War II, the base area reverted to farming use.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".