Nonstop flight route between Suva / Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Suva International Airport (SUV), Suva / Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,294 miles (or 11,738 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 Suva International 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 Suva International 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 Suva International Airport (SUV):

• The furthest airport from Suva International Airport (SUV) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Suva International Airport (meaning Suva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,299 miles (19,794 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
• Suva International Airport (SUV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Suva International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Suva International 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 closest airport to Suva International Airport (SUV) is Levuka Airfield (LEV), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) NNE of SUV.

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• 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.
• 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 United States Navy on 1 July 1942 started Naval Air Station Bunker Hill to train Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard pilots.
• The 305th Air Refueling Wing phased out operations and ended its presence on base on 30 September 1994, when the Air Force inactivated it.
• After World War II, the base area reverted to farming use.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".
• The 305th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy, provided tanker support to units involved in the United States invasion of Panama in December 1989.
• 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.
• Despite this activity, the end of the Cold War led to a downsizing of the military.