Nonstop flight route between Santo Domingo (near San Cristóbal, Táchira), Venezuela and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD), Santo Domingo (near San Cristóbal, Táchira), Venezuela and Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,773 miles (or 4,463 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 Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport and Kincheloe 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 Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport and Kincheloe 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 Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD):

• Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) is Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport (SVZ), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NW of STD.
• The furthest airport from Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is nearly antipodal to Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (meaning Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cibeureum Airfield), and is located 12,412 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.

Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• During World War II, the Soo Locks were considered vital to the war efforts.
• In 1962, in order to retain the lineage of its MAJCOM 4-digit combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its MAJCOM strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.
• On 16 February 1953, the first operational ADC unit, the 534th Air Defense Group was activated at Kinross AFB.
• Flying out of Kinross in 1953, pilot Felix Moncla and his plane disappeared while pursuing a UFO over the Soo Locks and Lake Superior.
• Next, Kincheloe AFB was assigned to the Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector at K.
• The closest airport to Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of INR.
• The furthest airport from Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.