Nonstop flight route between Savannah, Georgia, United States and Cape Romanzof, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hunter Army Airfield (SVN), Savannah, Georgia, United States and Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site    (CZF), Cape Romanzof, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,130 miles (or 6,647 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 Hunter Army Airfield and Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site   , 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 Hunter Army Airfield and Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site   . You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hunter Army Airfield (SVN):

• During late 1961 Hunter AFB joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment system, feeding data to DC-09 at Gunter AFB, Alabama.
• With the U-Boat mission taken over by the Navy after mid-1943, Savannah AAB became a training base for B-26 Marauder medium bomber crews.
• Because of Hunter Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Hunter Army Airfield 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 Hunter Army Airfield (SVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 30 August 1940, the United States Army Air Corps received approval to build a base at Hunter Municipal Airifeld.
• The airport became a part of Eastern Air Transport Incorporated air route on 2 December 1931, when Ida Hoynes, daughter of the Mayor, Thomas M.
• From 1946 to 1949, many of its buildings were leased to industrial plants.
• Hunter Army Airfield (SVN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Hunter Army Airfield (SVN) is Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport (SAV), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of SVN.

Facts about Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site    (CZF):

• The station was opened in April 1953 as a general radar surveillance station, operated by the 795th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.
• The furthest airport from Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site    (CZF) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,504 miles (16,905 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In 1998 Pacific Air Forces initiated "Operation Clean Sweep", in which abandoned Cold War stations in Alaska were remediated and the land restored to its previous state.
• The inaccessibility made the personnel at the site responsible for maintenance if anything went wrong.
• The closest airport to Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site    (CZF) is Scammon Bay Airport (SCM), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of CZF.
• Cape Romanzof provided information 24/7 to the air defense Direction Center at King Salmon AFS where it was analyzed to determine range, direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile.
• Communications were initially provided by a high frequency radio system which proved unreliable because of atmospheric disturbances.
• In addition to being known as "Cape Romanzof Air Force Station Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site   ", another name for CZF is "Cape Romanzof AFS Radars F-06".